paradiploid

English

Etymology

From para- +‎ diploid.

Adjective

paradiploid (not comparable)

1. (genetics) Less than polyploid and greater than diploid
   • 2015 August 13, “Macrophage-Tumor Cell Fusions from Peripheral Blood of Melanoma Patients”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     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 [106 ].

Synonyms

• oligoploid