Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heteroploid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-ero-ploid
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.

noun

An organism having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -ploid English heteroploid From hetero- + -ploid.

Inflected Forms

more heteroploid (comparative) most heteroploid (superlative) heteroploids (plural)

Questions

What does heteroploid mean?: Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
Where does heteroploid come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English -ploid English heteroploid From hetero- + -ploid.

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