chromosome

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noun

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
• Derivationally related forms:
chromosomal
• Hypernyms:
body
• Hyponyms:
sex chromosome, autosome, somatic chromosome, acentric chromosome, acrocentric chromosome,
metacentric chromosome, telocentric chromosome
• Part Holonyms:
nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
• Part Meronyms:
nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser, chromatin,
chromatin granule, gene, cistron, factor, chromatid, centromere,
kinetochore, telomere