euploid

euploid adjective

1. having chromosomes present in an exact multiple of the haploid number

noun

2. 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.

1. Having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.

n.

1. An organism having a euploid chromosome number.

Related formseu′ploi′dy n.