Definition of Euploid

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to euploidy ¹

2. Noun. Any organism having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Euploid

1. a cell having three or more identical genomes [n -S]

Medical Definition of Euploid

1. Describes a cell or individual which has the normal total number of chromosomes. Humans normally have 46 chromosomes per cell. Compare: aneuploidy. (11 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Euploid

euphuized
euphuizes
euphuizing
euphyllophyte
euphyllophytes
eupione
eupittone
eupittonic
euplasia
euplastic
euplastic lymph
euplastics
euplectella
euplectellas
euplexoptera
euploid (current term)
euploidies
euploids
euploidy
euplotes
eupnaea
eupnea
eupneas
eupneic
eupnoea
eupnoeas
eupnoeic
eupnœa
eupnœic
eupraxia

Literary usage of Euploid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biotechnology: Genetic Engineering for Crop Plant Improvement, Bibliography by Robert Warmbrodt (1995)
"Chromosome associations in euploid pollen mother cells averaged 0.35 ... The difference between euploid chromosome associations and aneuploids was ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... viable cells deficient in HG-PRT selected for with AG will almost always result from small mutational changes in euploid chromosome complements. ..."

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