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chromoplastid |
chromosomal |
chromosomal aberration |
chromosomal anomaly |
chromosomal mutation |
chromosome
| chromosome mapping
| chromosonal disorder
| chromosphere
| chromospheric
| chromotype
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chromosome has 1 sense
- chromosome(n = noun.body) Array - a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes" is a part of cell nucleus, karyon, nucleus
has parts: nucleolar organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolus organizer, chromatin, chromatin granule, cistron, factor, gene, chromatid, centromere, kinetochore, telomere
has particulars: sex chromosome, autosome, somatic chromosome, acentric chromosome, acrocentric chromosome, metacentric chromosome, telocentric chromosome
is a kind of body
Derived form adjective chromosomal1
CIDE DICTIONARY
chromosome, n. [Gr. color + the body.].
One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chromosome, n. Biochem. one of the threadlike structures, usu. found in the cell nucleus, that carry the genetic information in the form of genes.
Idiom
chromosome map a plan showing the relative positions of genes along the length of a chromosome.
Derivative
chromosomal adj.
Etymology
G Chromosom (as CHROMO-(2), -SOME(3))
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chromosome
Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn theory, W chromosome, Weismann theory, Weismannism, Wiesner theory, X chromosome, Y chromosome, Z chromosome, accessory chromosome, allele, allelomorph, allosome, autosome, birth, centromere, character, chromatid, chromatin, chromosome complement, chromosome number, determinant, determiner, diathesis, diploid number, endowment, euchromosome, eugenics, factor, gene, gene-string, genesiology, genetic code, genetics, genome, haploid number, hereditability, heredity, heritability, heritage, heterochromosome, homologous chromosomes, idiochromosome, inborn capacity, inheritability, inheritance, matrocliny, monosome, patrocliny, pharmacogenetics, polyploidy, recessive character, replication, sex chromosome, univalent chromosomeROGET THESAURUS
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Organization
N organization, organized world, organized nature, living nature, animated nature, living beings, organic remains, fossils, protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein, albumen, structure, organization, organism, biology, natural history, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology, zoology, botany, microbiology, virology, bacteriology, mycology, naturalist, archegenesis, antherozoid, bioplasm, biotaxy, chromosome, dysmeromorph, ecology, oecology, erythroblast, gametangium, gamete, germinal matter, invagination, isogamy, oogamy, karyaster, macrogamete, microgamete, metabolism, anabolism, catabolism, metaplasm, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary, spermatozoon, trophoplasm, vacuole, vertebration, zoogloea, zygote, Darwinism, neo-Darwinism, Lamarkism, neoLamarkism, Weismannism, morphology, taxonomy, organic, organized, karyoplasmic, unsegmentic, vacuolar, zoogloeic, zoogloeoid.
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