diploidListen to pronunciation(DIP-loyd)A term that describes a cell or organism with two complete sets of chromosomes. Most human cells, except for egg and sperm cells, are diploid and contain 23 pairs of chromosomes, for a total of 46 chromosomes in each cell.More InformationDiploid (National Human Genome Research Institute)Search NCI's Dictionary of Cancer TermsStarts withContainsBrowse:ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ#
