diploid (adj.)

  1. of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number; diploid somatic cells'

    diploid (n.)

  1. (genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number

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