aneuploidy
pronunciation
How to pronounce aneuploidy in British English:
UK ['ænjəˌplɔɪdɪ]
How to pronounce aneuploidy in American English:
US ['ænjəˌplɔɪdɪ]
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- Noun:
- an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete)
Word Origin
- aneuploidy (n.)
- abnormal number of chromosomes, 1934, from aneuploid (1931), Modern Latin, coined 1922 by G. Täckholm from an- (1) "not" + euploid, from Greek eu- "well, good" (see eu-) + -ploid, from ploos "fold" (see -plus) + -oid.
Example
- 1. The researchers hope that , in the future , they can deelop what they are calling " aneuploidy therapy . "
- 2. One possibility is that both very low and very high aneuploidy can protect from cancer , perhaps because highly aneuploid cells are so damaged they don 't have the ability to quickly divide .