Definitions for ploidy

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ploidy ploi·dy

Spelling: [ploi-dee]

IPA: /ˈplɔɪ di/

Ploidy is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 93 anagrams from letters in ploidy (dilopy).

Definitions for ploidy

noun

1. the number of homologous chromosome sets present in a cell or organism.

Origin of ploidy

First recorded in 1935-40; See origin at -ploid, -y³