ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Chromosome', Synonyms of 'Chromosome' & More on 'Chromosome'

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

Dictionary Results for chromosome:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

chromosome
    n 1: 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"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Chromosome \Chro"mo*some`\, n. [Gr. ? color + ? the body.]
   (Biol.)
   One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the
   nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant
   of Weismann.
   [1913 Webster]

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