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diploid (adj.)

in cellular biology, "having two homologous sets of chromosomes," 1908, from German (1905), from Greek diploos "double, twofold," (see diplo-) + eidos "form" (see -oid).

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Definitions of diploid from WordNet
1
diploid (n.)
(genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number;
2
diploid (adj.)
of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number;
diploid somatic cells
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