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Definition of: diploid
(dip′loid) adjective
1. Twofold or doubled.
2. Biol. Having two sets of chromosomes in the somatic cells, as of all higher organisms.
—noun
1. A cell having double the haploid number of chromosomes.
2. An isometric crystal with 24 trapezoidal planes.
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