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depolyploidizing en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From de- + polyploid + -ize + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That reverses the effect of polyploidization
    • While we find a “diploid” peak in DNA content in the MTF populations, it seems more appropriate to term it “paradiploid”, since it is known that polyploid tumor cells elicit paradiploid progeny through depolyploidizing divisions and regulated autophagic degradation. 2015 August 13, “Macrophage-Tumor Cell Fusions from Peripheral Blood of Melanoma Patients”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

depolyploidizing en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of depolyploidize