Dictionary Check: diploid
"diploid" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
adjective
of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
Example:
"diploid somatic cells"
noun
(genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
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