Associations to the word «Haploid»

Wiktionary

HAPLOID, adjective. (cytology) Of a cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes, such as a gamete.
HAPLOID, noun. A cell which is haploid.
HAPLOID, noun. An organism, such as a fungus, with haploid cells.

Dictionary definition

HAPLOID, noun. (genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes.
HAPLOID, adjective. Of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King