Cell or Molecular Dysfunction
tetraploidy
tet·ra·ploi·dy [ te-truh-ploid-ee ]
Subclass of:
Polyploidy
Definitions related to tetraploidy:
  • A numerical chromosomal abnormality characterized by the presence of four complete sets of chromosomes.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The presence of four sets of chromosomes. It is associated with ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; and MISCARRAGES.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Tetraploidy is an extremely rare chromosomal anomaly, polyploidy, when an affected individual has four copies of each chromosome, instead of two, resulting in total of 92 chromosomes in each cell. The phenotype is severe with multiple congenital anomalies, including central nervous system, ocular, cardiac, renal, and/or genital...
    NIH Genetic and Rare Diseases
    National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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