haploid
adjective/ˈhæplɔɪd/
/ˈhæplɔɪd/
(biology)- (of a cell) containing the set of chromosomes from one parent only compare diploidWord Originearly 20th cent.: from Greek haploos ‘single’ + -oid.
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