Noun: chromosome
| Singular | chromosome |
| Plural | chromosomes |
Sample Sentences
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Chromosomes store genetic information.
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A length of DNA is divided into segments called chromosomes and shorter individual units called genes. [2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 7:]
Nouns inflected like chromosome
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
19th century: from German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”) (because they are stained under the microscope). Equivalent to chromo- + -some. See: German Nouns '
Chromosom', Ancient Greek Nouns '
χρῶμα'.
Verbs referencing "chromosome"
Hungarian Nouns
kromoszóma, English Nouns
chromothripsis, Irish Nouns
crómasóm.