-ploid

a combining form meaning “having chromosome sets” of the kind or number specified by the initial element: hexaploid.

Origin of -ploid

extracted from haploid, diploid, etc.

Words nearby -ploid

-plastic, -plasty, -plasy, -plegia, -plex, -ploid, -pnea, -pnoea, -pod, -poda, -pode

British Dictionary definitions for -ploid

-ploid

adj combining form, n combining form

indicating a specific multiple of a single set of chromosomes diploid

Derived forms of -ploid

-ploidy, n combining form

Word Origin for -ploid

from Greek -pl ( oos) -fold + -oid

Medical definitions for -ploid

-ploid

suff.

Having or being a number of chromosomes that has a specified relationship to, or is a multiple of, the basic number of chromosomes of a group:heteroploid.