haploid

haploid

English

Etymology

haplo- +‎ -oid

Adjective

haploid (not comparable)

1. (cytology, of a cell) Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.

   Examples of haploid cells are prokaryotes and the gametes of eukaryotes.

Derived terms

• allohaploid
• haplodic
• haploidy

Translations

having a single set of unpaired chromosomes

Catalan: haploide Czech: haploidní Finnish: haploidi (fi), haploidinen (fi) French: haploïde (fr) German: haploid (de) Greek: απλοειδής m (aploeidís) Hungarian: haploid Icelandic: einlitna Japanese: 半数体の (はんすうたいの, hansūtai no)

Polish: haploidalny (pl) Portuguese: haploide Russian: гапло́идный (ru) (gaplóidnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ха̏плоӣдан Roman: hȁploīdan (sh) Spanish: haploide (es) Swedish: haploid (sv) Turkish: haploid

See also

• monoploid
• diploid
• polyploid
• tetraploid
• triploid

Noun

haploid (plural haploids)

1. A cell which is haploid.
2. An organism, such as a fungus, with haploid cells.

Translations

haploid cell

Finnish: haploidi (fi) Greek: απλοειδές n (aploeidés) Polish: haploid (pl) m Russian: гаплоид (ru) m (gaploid)

Spanish: haploide (es) m Swedish: haploid (sv) c Ukrainian: гаплоїд m (haplojid)

Anagrams

• alphoid