See Also: haplo-(medicine)
haplo-(dictionary)

haplo- (iou)



haplo- combining form of Greek haploos single, simple: see -O-. Cf. DIPLO-.
haplo'diploid adjective (Biology) denoting or possessing a genetic system in which females develop from fertilized (diploid) eggs and males from unfertilized (haploid) ones M20.
haplophase noun (Biology) the phase of an organism's life cycle in which its cells are haploid E20.