polyploidy
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pol·y·ploid
(pŏl′ē-ploid′)adj.
Having one or more extra sets of chromosomes: a polyploid species; a polyploid cell.
n.
An organism with more than two sets of chromosomes.
pol′y·ploi′dy n.
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Noun | 1. | polyploidy - the condition of being polyploid condition - a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; "the human condition" |