Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypohaploid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-po-hap-loid
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having less than the haploid complement of chromosomes.

noun

A hypohaploid organism.

Example Sentences

"DNA was extracted from different morphological types of hypohaploid Nicotiana plumbaginifolia plants. The cellular levels of chloroplast DNA (expressed as percent of total DNA) were found to be approximately two- to threefold higher in two albino hypohaploids than in a green hypohaploid. The level of chloroplast DNA in the green hypohaploid was not significantly different from either in vitro or in vivo grown haploid N. plumbaginifolia plants."

Etymology

From hypo- + haploid.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hypo

Inflected Forms

more hypohaploid (comparative) most hypohaploid (superlative) hypohaploids (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

diploid euploid haploid hyperdiploid hyperhaploid hypodiploid

Questions

What does hypohaploid mean?: Having less than the haploid complement of chromosomes.
Where does hypohaploid come from?: From hypo- + haploid.

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