English
heptaploid
From hepta- + -ploid.
Formed from hepta- + -ploid
Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ ‘seven’
Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ ‘seven’
Ancient Greek ἑπτά ‘seven’
English hepta-
Today it means
adj Having seven complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell.
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Etymograph / heptaploid