haplo- or (before a vowel) hapl-
combining form
single or simple
⇒
haplology
⇒
haplosis
Origin
from Greek haplous simplehaplo-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “single,” “simple,” used in the formation of compound words:
haplology.
Also, especially before a vowel, hapl-.
Origin
< Greek, combining form of haplóos single, simple; akin to Latin simplex
Related Words
- -fold
- aplite
- haplography
- haplogroup
- haplology
- haplophase
haplo-a word element meaning 'single', 'simple'.
[Greek, combining form of haploos]haplo-
combining form
⇨ see hapl-
combining form
⇨ see hapl-
haplo-
combining form
- single; simple表示“单一”, “简单”：
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haplography
haploid.
词源
from Greek haploos 'single'.
1925 E. B. Wilson Cell (ed. 3) 1132Haplophase, that phase of the life-history, particularly in the antithetic alternation of generations in plants, in which the nuclei are haploid.
1957 Fischer & Holton Biol. & Control Smut Fungi vii. 245The point at which the haploid nuclei are reunited in conjugate association determines the duration of the haplophase.
1899 Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1898 917The simple or irregular haplopores become connected in pairs (diplopores).
1962 D. Nichols Echinoderms xi. 138The diploporite Aristocystites..is flask-shaped, with a theca composed of many irregularly arranged plates pierced by haplopores and diplopores.
1880 Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §2. 177 note,The andrœcium or the blossom is said to be Isostemonous or Haplostemonous when the stamens are of one series equal in number to that of the ground-plan of the blossom.
1924 T. H. Morgan in E. V. Cowdray Gen. Cytol. xi. 720The offspring are of two kinds, one kind normal with two chromosome IV's, the other kind with only one IV. These haplo-IV flies also give an interesting result if crossed out to a stock that carries a recessive factor in chromosome IV.
1932 Sinnott & Dunn Princ. Genet. (ed. 2) ix. 185One whole IV chromosome is missing from the ‘Diminished’ flies; they have only one of the pair of small chromosomes and are thus known as haplo-IV individuals.
haplo-
word-forming element meaning "simple, single; simply, once," from comb. form of Greek haplos "single, simple."
haplo-
combining form
see hapl-
see hapl-
haplo-
Prefix
- single
- simple
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos, “single, simple”).