diploid

dip´loid Pronunciation: dĭp´loid

n.	1.	(Crystallog.) A solid bounded by twenty-four similar quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the hexoctahedron.
	2.	(Biol.) a cell or organism having a number of chromosomes corresponding to two copies of each chromosome; a diploid cell or organism. A: I'm not interested in diploids. B: Oh, how I wish your parents had felt the same way!
a.	1.	(Biol.) having a number of chromosomes corresponding to two copies of each chromosome; having double the basic number of chromosomes, as seen in a haploid cell. Contrasted to haploid and polyploid.

Noun	1.	diploid - (genetics) an organism or cell having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number
Adj.	1.	diploid - of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number; "diploid somatic cells" Antonyms: haploid, haploidic, monoploid - of a cell or organism having a single set of chromosomes polyploid - of a cell or organism having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes; "a polyploid cell"; "a polyploid species"