aneuploid
adjective
an·eu·ploid ˈan-yu̇-ˌploid 
: having or being a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the usually haploid number compare euploid
aneuploid noun
aneuploidy
ˈan-yu̇-ˌplȯi-dē
noun 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Lurking in the background is the fear that using aneuploid or mosaic embryos could produce children with serious medical issues. 
Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 1 June 2022 In practice, embryos are classified as fully aneuploid rather than mosaic when more than 80 percent of the cells biopsied show one or more genetic abnormalities. Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 1 June 2022 Those studies also don’t account for IVF treatments that were started but did not result in an embryo transfer or pregnancy because all embryos were labeled as aneuploid by PGT-A, therefore overestimating the success of PGT-A, Mastenbroek said. Isabella Cueto, STAT, 30 Nov. 2021 In the last few years, some researchers report that anywhere from 10 to 40 percent of brain cells and between 30 and 90 percent of human liver cells are aneuploid, meaning that one entire chromosome is either missing or duplicated. Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2014 In follow-up papers, Chun and others found that full-grown aneuploid neurons were common in adult mouse brains, even forming circuits with other cells. Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2014 In 2001, neuroscientist Jerold Chun and other researchers at the University of California San Diego made the surprising discovery that about a third of the immature cells that give rise to neurons in an embryonic mouse brain were aneuploid. Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2014 In follow-up papers, Chun and others found that full-grown aneuploid neurons were common in adult mouse brains, even forming circuits with other cells. Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2014 They had been offered the opportunity to try to get pregnant with their aneuploid embryos. Stephen S. Hall, The Cut, 17 Sep. 2017 See More
Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 1 June 2022 In practice, embryos are classified as fully aneuploid rather than mosaic when more than 80 percent of the cells biopsied show one or more genetic abnormalities. Laura Hercher, Scientific American, 1 June 2022 Those studies also don’t account for IVF treatments that were started but did not result in an embryo transfer or pregnancy because all embryos were labeled as aneuploid by PGT-A, therefore overestimating the success of PGT-A, Mastenbroek said. Isabella Cueto, STAT, 30 Nov. 2021 In the last few years, some researchers report that anywhere from 10 to 40 percent of brain cells and between 30 and 90 percent of human liver cells are aneuploid, meaning that one entire chromosome is either missing or duplicated. Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2014 In follow-up papers, Chun and others found that full-grown aneuploid neurons were common in adult mouse brains, even forming circuits with other cells. Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2014 In 2001, neuroscientist Jerold Chun and other researchers at the University of California San Diego made the surprising discovery that about a third of the immature cells that give rise to neurons in an embryonic mouse brain were aneuploid. Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2014 In follow-up papers, Chun and others found that full-grown aneuploid neurons were common in adult mouse brains, even forming circuits with other cells. Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2014 They had been offered the opportunity to try to get pregnant with their aneuploid embryos. Stephen S. Hall, The Cut, 17 Sep. 2017 See More Word History
First Known Use
1926, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
aneuploid
adjective
an·eu·ploid ˈan-yu̇-ˌploid
: having or being a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the usually haploid number compare euploid