polyploid

Other forms of polyploid

plural

polyploids·

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 polyploid

What does polyploid mean?

polyploid means "(genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in polyploid?

polyploid has 3 syllables and divides as po-ly-ploid 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.

What is the opposite of polyploid?

The recorded antonyms are haploid, diploid.

Is polyploid a common word?

polyploid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.