1) Condition 
(from the article `development`) ...development, in which two distinct forms succeed each other in alternating generations; one form, created by the union of sexual cells (gametes), ... in genetics, the number of chromosomes occurring in the nucleus of a cell. In normal somatic (body) cells, the chromosomes exist in pairs. The ... ....
The chromosomal constitution of somatic cells, in which each type of chromosome is represented twice. Symbol: 2n or 2x. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... 
(dip´loi-de) the state of being diploid.
[n] - the condition of being diploid
noun the condition of being diploid