In biology, a term sometimes used to describe the haploid phase or haploid generation in organisms with alternating life cycles.
From Greek haplos (single) + -oma suffix (biological structure or tissue). A rare, specialized term from 20th-century biology with limited modern usage.
Scientific terms sometimes fail to catch on despite being logically constructed—'haploma' is perfectly grammatical but so obscure that many biology dictionaries don't include it at all!
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