'Chromosome' definitions:
Definition of 'chromosome'
(from WordNet)
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"
Definition of 'Chromosome'
From: GCIDE
- Chromosome \Chro"mo*some`\, n. [Gr. ? color + ? the body.] (Biol.) One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'chromosome'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessory chromosome,
- allele,
- allelomorph,
- allosome,
- Altmann theory,
- autosome,
- birth,
- centromere,
- character,
- chromatid,
- chromatin,
- chromosome complement,
- chromosome number,
- De Vries theory,
- determinant,
- determiner,
- diathesis,
- diploid number,
- DNA,
- endowment,
- euchromosome,
- eugenics,
- factor,
- Galtonian theory,
- gene,
- gene-string,
- genesiology,
- genetic code,
- genetics,
- genome,
- haploid number,
- hereditability,
- heredity,
- heritability,
- heritage,
- heterochromosome,
- homologous chromosomes,
- idiochromosome,
- inborn capacity,
- inheritability,
- inheritance,
- matrocliny,
- Mendelianism,
- Mendelism,
- monosome,
- patrocliny,
- pharmacogenetics,
- polyploidy,
- recessive character,
- replication,
- RNA,
- sex chromosome,
- univalent chromosome,
- Verworn theory,
- W chromosome,
- Weismann theory,
- Weismannism,
- Wiesner theory,
- X chromosome,
- Y chromosome,
- Z chromosome