Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A threadlike linear strand of DNA and associated proteins in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells that carries the genes and functions in the transmission of hereditary information.
- n. A circular strand of DNA in bacteria that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In cytology, one of the definite segments or pieces of chromatin of the cell-nucleus. The chromosome normally divides into two equal parts, by either longitudinal or transverse splitting, before or during cell-division, and each of the parts thus arising becomes a chromosome of a daughter-nucleus. The number of chromosomes in the cells of a given animal or plant appears to be definite and constant. See cut on p. 245.
Wiktionary
- n. biology, cytology A structure in the cell nucleus that contains DNA, histone protein, and other structural proteins.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Biol.) One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the
idant of Weismann.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
Etymologies
- 19th century: from German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khroma, "colour") + σῶμα ("body") (because they are stained under the microscope). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Genitourinary malformations in chromosome 22q11. 2 deletion.”
“JRA-like polyarthritis in chromosome 22q11. 2 deletion syndrome (DiGeorge anomalad/velocardiofacial syndrome/conotruncal anomaly face syndrome).”
“Lack of correlation between impaired T cell production, immunodeficiency, and other phenotypic features in chromosome 22q11. 2 deletion syndromes.”
“The doctor may also look at the blood for changes in chromosome 13.”
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“Elizabeth Goldmuntz, MD: So you can see that the genetic basis of these disorders can encompass either complete change in chromosome number, like having a complete extra copy of a chromosome.”
“The research shows that, for the bearded dragon at least, the W chromosome is not necessary in producing a female.”
“The team suspects that a double dose of a particular gene on the Z chromosome is instead crucial for maleness, and that this gene is inactivated by high temperatures.”
“Do they match the variation in chromosome numbers?”
“So, adding some Y chromosome is supposed to be a good thing?”
“It starts out in the first chapter of incorrectly asserting that woman came from man (the Y chromosome is actually evolved from the X – which is proved in the fact that all life starts out female).”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘chromosome’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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probablyankita's list
Words are all I have to take your heart away
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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Evolution
darwin, hms beagle, galapagos, evolution, natural selection, select for, confer, survival advantage, environmental pre..., mutation, genome, homozygous and 193 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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mandarine's Words
antepenultimate, metonymy, synecdoche, pop, kern, inherit, clique, scrumptious, macerate, murmur, kerning, veranda and 1068 more...
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-some
denoting a part of the body or of a cell
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chromato-, chromat-, chromo-
color; of colors
chromatic, chromosome, chromatography, monochrome, ferrochrome
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100 Words Everyone Should Know, Accor...
this list appeared in many American newspapers in the fall of 2002.
abjure, abrogate, abstemious, acumen, antebellum, auspicious, belie, bellicose, bowdlerize, chicanery, chromosome, churlish and 88 more...
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100 Words / 1-16
abjure, abrogate, abstemious, acumen, antebellum, auspicious, belie, bellicose, bowdlerize, chicanery, chromosome, churlish and 4 more...
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OrbitalCombustion's Words
nepenthe, phrontistery, peregrination, pervicacious, sinistrality, phallogocentric, prolixity, leptokurtic, ineffable, haecceity, lucubration, vicissitudes and 1026 more...
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100 Words That All High School Gradua...
reference
abjure, abrogate, abstemious, acumen, antebellum, auspicious, belie, bellicose, bowdlerize, chicanery, chromosome, churlish and 88 more...
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-some words
Words that end with -some.
frolicsome, irksome, quarrelsome, troublesome, worrisome, burdensome, cumbersome, wearisome, tiresome, fatiguesome, longsome, fulsome and 27 more...
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Words I see almost every day
nicotine, faust, sonic, nitrile, pinhead, zeigler, sparse, chromosome, methyl, autoclave
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Genetics
leptotene, zygotene, pachytene, diplotene, diakinesis, chiasmata, chromosome, homologous, cytokinesis
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