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ploi·dy

 (ploi′dē)
n.
A multiple of the basic number of chromosomes in a cell.

[From diploidy and haploidy.]
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ploi•dy

(ˈplɔɪ di)

n.
the number of chromosome sets in the nucleus of a cell.
[1935–40; see -ploid, -y3]
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Multiple regression analysis showed a relationship between embryo ploidy and decision regret, with a lower number of euploid embryos associated with a greater degree of regret.
The 25 individuals from each line were shucked, and a gill sample from each was processed for flow cytometry to assess ploidy by comparing relative DNA content to that from a diploid gill as a standard.
Several attempts to determine whether or not an embryo is aneuploid by inference from its morphokinetic behavior have been attempted but have failed to generate sufficiently robust data to support the use of morphological and/or time-lapse systems for the determination of embryo ploidy status (9, 10).
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DNA ploidy and cell cycle testing of tumors could return to the clinical laboratory.
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