depolyploidizing

adjective

That reverses the effect of polyploidization

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Meanings

depolyploidizing1

adjectivedepolyploidizing (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat reverses the effect of polyploidization

    While we find a “diploid” peak in DNA content in the MTF populations, it seems more appropriate to term it “paradiploid”, since it is known that polyploid tumor cells elicit paradiploid progeny through depolyploidizing divisions and regulated autophagic degradation.

    2015 August 13, “Macrophage-Tumor Cell Fusions from Peripheral Blood of Melanoma Patients”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

depolyploidizing2

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of depolyploidize

Origin

depolyploidizing · adjective

From de- + polyploid + -ize + -ing.

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depolyploidizing · verb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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APA

depolyploidizing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depolyploidizing

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depolyploidizing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depolyploidizing.

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