chromosome
pronunciation
How to pronounce chromosome in British English:
UK [ˈkrəʊməsəʊm]
How to pronounce chromosome in American English:
US [ˈkroʊməsoʊm]
-
- Noun:
- a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
Word Origin
- chromosome (n.)
- 1889, from German Chromosom, coined 1888 by German anatomist Wilhelm von Waldeyer-Hartz (1836-1921), from Latinized form of Greek khroma "color" (see chroma) + -some (3)). So called because the structures contain a substance that stains readily with basic dyes.
Example
- 1. Our second chromosome has telomere dna at the center .
- 2. This presents a sex chromosome problem .
- 3. Do we have a chromosome like that ?
- 4. Only chromosome 4 was a problem .
- 5. They suggest that genes on the x chromosome play a role in autism .