DIPLOID

• (noun) (genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell; i.e., two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number

• (adj.) of a cell or organism having two sets of chromosomes or twice the haploid number

  "diploid somatic cells"

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