euploid adjective
- having chromosomes present in an exact multiple of the haploid number
noun
- a euploid cell or individual
Compare aneuploid Derived Formseuploidy, nounWord Origin for euploid C20: from eu- + -ploid, as in haploid euploid in Medicine euploid [yōō′ploid′] adj.
- Having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.
n.
- An organism having a euploid chromosome number.
Related formseu′ploi′dy n.