Medical Definition of Hypoploidy
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Describes a cell or organism which has less than the normal total number of chromosomes.
For example: humans normally have 46 chromosomes per cell - but if a human individual has 45 or fewer chromosomes per cell, then that person is hypoploid.
Compare: hyperploidy.
(11 Jan 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypoploidy
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