Definitions for chromosomes

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chromosomes chro·mo·some

Spelling: [kroh-muh-sohm]

IPA: /ˈkroʊ məˌsoʊm/

Chromosomes is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 346 anagrams from letters in chromosomes (cehmmooorss).

Definitions for chromosomes

noun

1. any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin, that carry the genes in a linear order: the human species has 23 pairs, designated 1 to 22 in order of decreasing size and X and Y for the female and male sex chromosomes respectively.

Origin of chromosomes

First recorded in 1885-90; chromo- + -some³

Examples for chromosomes

That means that there is a determiner for it which is grouped with other determiners in one of the chromosomes.

In every one of these cells the chromosomes are arranged in pairs.

The number of chromosomes in the human cell is said to be forty-eight.

The result of this is that half the number of chromosomes in the ovum are lost.

We now know that these chromosomes are the actual controllers of heredity.

After the extrusion of the polar bodies there are 24 chromosomes in the egg.

A daughter-nucleus is reconstructed in each cell from the chromosomes.

These chromosomes in a given plant or animal are always constant in number.

Every cell in our bodies has its nucleus with its equipment of chromosomes.

Telomeres are the tips at the ends of our chromosomes that protect our DNA.