Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun genetics The condition of being
aneuploid ; the state of possessingchromosome number that is not an exactmultiple of thehaploid number.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an abnormality involving a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number (one chromosome set is incomplete)
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word aneuploidy.
Examples
-
In an average, healthy man, one to four percent of his sperm has aneuploidy, that is, sperm that has more or less of the usual number of 23 chromosomes.
-
The fault - called aneuploidy - is thought to be the main barrier that has prevented IVF success rates rising above 30 per cent.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
-
In Friday's online issue of the journal Cell, researchers describe a mechanism that could explain this phenomenon, known as aneuploidy.
-
Too many or too few chromosomes - known as aneuploidy - is common in cancer.
BBC News - Home 2011
-
The method of checking chromosome numbers is called aneuploidy screening, after the Latin for "not the right number".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
-
The method of checking chromosome numbers is called aneuploidy screening, after the Latin for "not the right number".
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010
-
WASHINGTON - A chromosome abnormality called aneuploidy can cause cancer, US researchers said in a study published Monday, confirming what scientists have long suspected.
-
A chromosome abnormality called aneuploidy can cause cancer, US researchers said in a study published Monday, confirming what scientists have long suspected.
-
Updated Wednesday, December 9, 2009 10: 50 am TWN, AFP WASHINGTON -- A chromosome abnormality called aneuploidy can cause cancer, U.S. researchers said in a study published Monday, confirming what scientists have long suspected.
-
A chromosome abnormality called aneuploidy can cause cancer, US researchers said in a study published Monday, confirming what scientists have long suspected.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.