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syndiploidy

noun
syn·diploidy | \(ˈ)sin, sən+\

Definition of syndiploidy 

: doubling of the gametic chromosome number by reassociation of the daughter groups of meiotic chromosomes at any time after the first meiotic metaphase

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syn- + diploidy

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