dip·loid 
(dĭploid′)
(dĭploid′)adj.
1. Double or twofold.
2. Genetics Having a pair of each type of chromosome, so that the basic chromosome number is doubled: diploid somatic cells.
n.
Genetics
Genetics
A cell, organism, or group of organisms having a diploid number of chromosomes.
[Greek diploos, double; see dwo- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + -OID.]