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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FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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