Aneuploid Definition

ănyə-ploid
adjective
Having an abnormal number of chromosomes.
Webster's New World
Having a chromosome number that is not a multiple of the haploid number for the species.
American Heritage Medicine

(genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that is not a multiple of the haploid number.

Wiktionary
noun
A cell or an organism characterized by an aneuploid chromosome number.
American Heritage
An aneuploid cell or organism.
Webster's New World
An aneuploid organism or cell.
American Heritage Medicine

A cell or an organism having such a number of chromosomes.

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Other Word Forms of Aneuploid

Noun

Singular:
aneuploid
Plural:
aneuploids

Origin of Aneuploid

  • an– euploid

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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