See Also: odd chromosome(medicine)
chromosome 18(medicine)
chromosome 19(medicine)
chromosome 20(medicine)
chromosome 21(medicine)
chromosome 8(medicine)
chromosome 9(medicine)
Chromosome(health)
Chromosome 1(health)
Chromosome 3(health)

chromosome (iou)



chromosome noun. L19.
[German Chromosom: see CHROMO-, -SOME3.]
Biology. A threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein which carries a set of linked genes and occurs singly in prokaryotes and in characteristic numbers, usu. paired, in the cell nuclei of higher organisms.
PHILADELPHIA chromosome.
Comb.: chromosome number the characteristic number of chromosomes found in the cell nuclei of organisms of a particular species.
chromo'somal adjective of, pertaining to, or involving chromosomes E20.
chromo'somally adverb as regards chromosomes, by means of chromosomes E20.