Medical Dictionary
1octoploid
adj oc·to·ploid
Medical Definition of OCTOPLOID
: having a chromosome number eight times the basic haploid chromosome number
—oc·to·ploi·dy \-ˌplȯid-ē\ noun, plural oc·to·ploi·dies
Variants of OCTOPLOID
oc·to·ploid also oc·ta·ploid \ˈäk-tə-ˌplȯid\
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