haploidadjective
uk/ˈhæp.lɔɪd/us/ˈhæp.lɔɪd/having a single set of chromosomes (= structures containing chemical patterns that control what a plant or animal is like) that comes from one parent only:
a haploid cell
Sex cells such as eggs and sperm are haploid.
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diploid
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- mitochondrion
- monoclonal
- motor neuron
- neoplasia
- nerve cell
- neuron
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- respiration
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