chromosome, n.
(chromosomes)
(chromosomes)
a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
<noun.body>
chromosome
sample sentences
"humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
part holonym
part meronym
nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
chromatin, chromatin granule
gene, cistron, factor
chromatid
centromere, kinetochore
telomere
hypernym
hyponym