How does the word sound?
History of this Word
"ploid" history is uncertain
Notes
In this sense, it is a word added to another word to form a new word.
More words with this suffix,
euploid
hyperploid
endopolyploidy
triploid
Definition
A word ending that indicates number of chromosomes. Created by people to expand meaning of words. Can be added to the end of many words.
Examples of how the word is used
| Telling the diploid and tetraploid sectors apart will probably be difficult with the naked eye. |
| We used in our experiments the heteroploid Chinese hamster cell line. |