tetraploid

tetraploid
See polyploidy. [G. tetraploos, fourfold, + eidos, form]

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tet·ra·ploid 'te-trə-.plȯid adj having or being a chromosome number four times the monoploid number <a \tetraploid cell>
tet·ra·ploi·dy -.plȯid-ē n, pl -dies
tetraploid n a tetraploid individual

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tet·ra·ploid (tetґrə-ploid″) 1. pertaining to or characterized by tetraploidy. 2. an individual or cell having four sets of chromosomes.

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