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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

ploi•dy n. [Biol.]

Geneticsthe number of homologous chromosome sets present in a cell or organism.

see -ploid, -y³ 1935–40

'ploidy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

-ploid - homoploid

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