Humans are diploid organisms, carrying two complete sets of chromosomes: one set of 23 chromosomes from their father and one set of 23 chromosomes from their mother. The two sets combined provide a full complement of 46 chromosomes. This total number of chromosomes is called the chromosome number.
Definitions for apaceÉËpeÉªs. Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word apace. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: quickly, rapidly, speedily, chop-chop, apace(adverb) with rapid movements.
Medical Definition of crustacea. 1  1 capitalized : a large class of mostly aquatic arthropods that have a chitinous or calcareous and chitinous exoskeleton, a pair of often much modified appendages on each segment, and two pairs of antennae and that include the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, wood lice, water fleas, and barnacles. 2: arthropods of the class Crustacea.