haploid

[ hap-loid ]
/ ˈhæp lɔɪd /

adjective Also hap·loi·dic.

single; simple.
Biology. pertaining to a single set of chromosomes.

noun

Biology. an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes, ordinarily half the normal diploid number.

Origin of haploid

First recorded in 1905–10; hapl- + -oid

Words nearby haploid

haplite, haplo-, haplobiont, haplography, haplogroup, haploid, haploidy, haplology, haplont, haplophase, haplopia

Example sentences from the Web for haploid

  • Technically the tissue-cells are said to contain the diploid number of chromosomes, the gametes the reduced or haploid number.

    Being Well-Born |Michael F. Guyer

  • Haploid (n) chromosome numbers were determined from cells in diakinesis, metaphase I, and metaphase II of meiosis.

    Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca |William E. Duellman

  • The next stage is their separation to the haploid daughter-nuclei, which have resulted from the reduction process.

    Darwin and Modern Science |A.C. Seward and Others

  • Each of these divides again by mitosis (the chromosomes splitting lengthwise), the half or haploid number remaining.

    Taboo and Genetics |Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard

British Dictionary definitions for haploid

haploid
/ (ˈhæplɔɪd) biology /

adjective also: haploidic

(esp of gametes) having a single set of unpaired chromosomes

noun

a haploid cell or organism
Compare diploid

Derived forms of haploid

haploidy, noun

Word Origin for haploid

C20: from Greek haploeidēs single, from haplous single

Medical definitions for haploid

haploid
[ hăp′loid′ ]

adj.

Having the same number of sets of chromosomes as a germ cell, or half the diploid number of a somatic cell. The haploid number (23 in humans) is the normal chromosome complement of germ cells.

n.

A haploid organism or cell.

Other words from haploid

hap′loi′dy (-loi′dē) n.

Scientific definitions for haploid

haploid
[ hăp′loid′ ]

Having a single set of each chromosome in a cell or cell nucleus. In most animals, only the gametes (reproductive cells) are haploid. Compare aneuploid diploid. See Note at mitosis.