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A cell which is diploid.
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An organism with diploid cells.
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Of a cell, having a pair of each type of chromosome, one of the pair being derived from the ovum and the other from the spermatozoon. Most somatic cells of higher organisms are diploid.
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Of an organism, having diploid cells.
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Of a certain symmetry class with 24 congruent irregular quadrilateral faces.
Examples of diploid in a Sentence
Although inactivated-rabies vaccines from diploid cell cultures are safe and effective, they are expensive.
Human diploid cell vaccine (HDCV)-A rabies vaccine in which the virus is grown in cultures of human cells, concentrated, and inactivated for IM or ID injection.
A diploid cell may also undergo meiosis to produce haploid cells, usually four.
In the formation of the female gamete in plants, how do the polar bodies end up being diploid?
Viral induced gene silencing has been demonstrated for the characterization of gene function in diploid and tetraploid potato.