TRIPLOID

triploid

(adjective) of a cell or organism having three complete sets of chromosomes; “human triploid fetuses are usually spontaneously aborted”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

triploid (not comparable)

(genetics) Having three sets of chromosomes.

Noun

triploid (plural triploids)

A cell which is triploid.

An organism with triploid cells.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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