Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyperhaploid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-hap-loid
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having more than the haploid complement of chromosomes.

noun

A hyperhaploid organism.

Example Sentences

"We present three cases of PCM with hyperhaploid karyotypes from our laboratory, and review three cases reported in the literature. […] The consistent pattern of cytogenetic abnormalities present in these cases suggests that hyperhaploidy may be a distinct cytogenetic entity in PCM."
"The hypohaploids may be explained in part by artifacts; however, this explanation can hardly apply to the hyperhaploids. For hyperhaploids the relative frequencies of involvement of single autosomes did not deviate significantly from expectations, assuming the same probability of nondisjunction for all autosomes."

Etymology

From hyper- + haploid.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hyper

Inflected Forms

more hyperhaploid (comparative) most hyperhaploid (superlative) hyperhaploids (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

diploid euploid haploid hyperdiploid hypodiploid hypohaploid

Questions

What does hyperhaploid mean?: Having more than the haploid complement of chromosomes.
Where does hyperhaploid come from?: From hyper- + haploid.

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