haploid
/ˈhæplɔɪd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.29 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having the number of chromosomes that a typical gamete has (in the given organism), namely, half the number that a typical somatic cell has (in the given organism).
adj
Having the number of chromosomes that a typical gamete has (in the given organism), namely, half the number that a typical somatic cell has (in the given organism).
noun
A cell which is haploid.
Example Sentences
- "Examples of haploid cells are prokaryotes and the gametes of eukaryotes."
- "It has been shown, however, that triploid forms producing diploid gametes in one sex and haploid ones in the other sex can act as a stepping stone towards tetraploidization (triploid bridge; [ 93 – 95 ])."
- "In teleosts, double haploids (DHs) induced by mitogynogenesis are often sterile."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Hellenic *hə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̔- (hă-) Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos) Ancient Greek ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)der. English haplo- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English haploid From haplo- + -oid, Ancient Greek roots meaning, together, literally “simplex” or “onefoldlike”, from ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos, “single, simple”, literally “onefold”) and -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like”).
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