Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective Also hap·loi·dic.
- single; simple.
- Biology. pertaining to a single set of chromosomes.
noun
- Biology. an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes, ordinarily half the normal diploid number.
adjective also: haploidic
- (esp of gametes) having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
noun
- a haploid cell or organism
1908, from German haploid (1905), from Greek haplos “single.”
adj.
- Having the same number of sets of chromosomes as a germ cell, or half the diploid number of a somatic cell. The haploid number (23 in humans) is the normal chromosome complement of germ cells.
n.
- A haploid organism or cell.
- Having a single set of each chromosome in a cell or cell nucleus. In most animals, only the gametes (reproductive cells) are haploid. Compare aneuploid diploid. See Note at mitosis.