aneuploidy

1. 1.

   an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete)

   Broaderabnormality

Other forms of aneuploidy

plural

aneuploidies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aneuploidy

What does aneuploidy mean?

aneuploidy means "an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete)".

How many syllables are in aneuploidy?

aneuploidy has 5 syllables and divides as a-ne-u-ploi-dy under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.