ploidize

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verb

To multiply the numbers of chromosomes in a cell

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Meanings

verbploidize (third-person singular simple present ploidizes, present participle ploidizing, simple past and past participle ploidized)

present singular third person ploidizes · participle present ploidizing · participle past ploidized · past ploidized

  1. To multiply the numbers of chromosomes in a cell

Origin

From -ploid + -ize.

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APA

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

MLA

“ploidize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ploidize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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

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