DIPLOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diploid mean? 

• DIPLOID (noun)
  The noun DIPLOID has 1 sense:

1. (genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number

  Familiarity information: DIPLOID used as a noun is very rare.

• DIPLOID (adjective)
  The adjective DIPLOID has 1 sense:

1. of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number

  Familiarity information: DIPLOID used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIPLOID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("diploid" is a kind of...):

being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Derivation:

diploid (of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number)

• DIPLOID (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number

Context example:

diploid somatic cells

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Antonym:

haploid (of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes)

polyploid (of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes)

Derivation:

diploid ((genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number)

 Context examples 

The growth factor is an extremely potent inducer of DNA synthesis in a variety of normal diploid mammalian cell types from mesoderm and neuroectoderm lineages and promotes cellular differentiation in vitro.

(Fibroblast Growth Factor 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Chromosome 18 spans about 76 million base pairs and represents about 2.5% of the total DNA in normal diploid cells.

(Chromosome 18, NCI Thesaurus)

The complete gene complement contained in a set of chromosomes in a human, either haploid (the set derived from one parent) or diploid (the double set, derived from both parents).

(Human Genome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A chromosomal abnormality in which the chromosomal number is greater than the normal diploid number.

(Hyperdiploidy, NCI Thesaurus)

Chromosome 9 spans about 145 million base pairs of nucleic acids and represents between 4 and 4.5% of the total DNA in normal diploid cells.

(Chromosome 9, NCI Thesaurus)

Chromosome 8 spans about 145 million base pairs and represents between 4.5 and 5.0% of the total DNA in normal diploid cells.

(Chromosome 8, NCI Thesaurus)

Chromosome 6 spans more than 170 million base pairs and represents between 5.5 and 6% of the total DNA in normal diploid cells.

(Chromosome 6, NCI Thesaurus)

Chromosome 7 spans more than 158 million base pairs and represents between 5 and 5.5% of the total DNA in normal diploid cells.

(Chromosome 7, NCI Thesaurus)

Chromosome 21 spans around 47 million nucleotides and represents about 1.5% of the total DNA in normal diploid cells.

(Chromosome 21, NCI Thesaurus)

Chromosome 15 spans about 106 million base pairs and represents between 3 and 3.5% of the total DNA in normal diploid cells.

(Chromosome 15, NCI Thesaurus)