Meanings
adjectivehaploinsufficient (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyExhibiting haploinsufficiency
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*hə-
- Ancient Greekᾰ̔- (hă-)
- Ancient Greekᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)
- Englishhaplo-
- Englishinsufficient
- Englishhaploinsufficient
From haplo- + insufficient.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish haploinsuffisientti
- haploinsuffisienttiexhibiting haploinsufficiency
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with haploinsufficient
efficientsufficientinsufficientcoefficientproficientdeficientinefficientomniscientimmunodeficientperficientallicientbeneficientbideficientbiodeficientcalorifacientcogniscientcost-efficientecoefficienteigencoefficientequiefficienthaplodeficienthaploproficienthaplosufficienthyperdeficient
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
haploinsufficient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haploinsufficient
MLA
“haploinsufficient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haploinsufficient. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haploinsufficient,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haploinsufficient.
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