English
hypertetraploid
From hyper- + tetraploid.
Formed from hyper- + tetraploid
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Today it means
adj Having more than the usual tetraploid number of chromosomes; hyperploid with respect to a tetraploid species genome.
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Etymograph / hypertetraploid