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euploidy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
eu-ploidy
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- Proto-Hellenic *ehu- Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs) Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)der. English eu- English ploidy English euploidy From eu- + ploidy.

Usage

Inflected Forms

euploidies (plural)

Derived Forms

aneuploidy

Questions

What does euploidy mean?
The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.
Where does euploidy come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- Proto-Hellenic *ehu- Ancient Greek ἐΰς (eǘs) Ancient Greek εὖ (eû)der. English eu- English ploidy English euploidy From eu- + ploidy.

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