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Polyploid vs Polypoid - What's the difference?

polyploid | polypoid |

As adjectives the difference between polyploid and polypoid

is that polyploid is (genetics) having more than the usual number of complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell while polypoid is resembling a polyp.

As a noun polyploid

is (biology) a cell that has more than the usual number of complete sets of chromosomes.

polyploid

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (genetics) having more than the usual number of complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) a cell that has more than the usual number of complete sets of chromosomes
  • (biology) an organism whose cells have more than the usual number of complete sets of chromosomes

    • Related terms

    * polyploidy

    See also

    * octoploid * tetraploid

    polypoid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a polyp.
  • Marked by the presence of lesions suggesting polyps.

    • Derived terms

    * polypoidal * nonpolypoid