English dictionary

chromosome

/'kr/oU/m/@/,s/oU/m/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order

noun.body

Examples
Humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes.

Source: WordNet 3.0
One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the <i>idant</i> of Weismann.

noun

Source: webster1913