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chromosome

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Noun
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chro=mo=some

CIDE DICTIONARY

chromosomen. [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))

THESAURUS

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 chromosome

ROGET THESAURUS

chromosome

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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