chromosome

/ˈkɹəʊ.məˌsəʊm//ˈkɹoʊməˌsoʊm/

chromosome noun: a linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.

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Noun

chromosome (plural chromosomes)

A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.
- Chromosomes store genetic information.
- 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

chromosome meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

chromosome in Hindi

structure in the cell nucleus: गुणसूत्र guṇsūtra, गुण सूत्र guṇ sūtra

chromosome in Tamil

structure in the cell nucleus: நிறப்புரி niṟappuri, நிறமூர்த்தம் niṟamūrttam

chromosome in Marathi

structure in the cell nucleus: गुणसूत्र guṇasūtra

chromosome in Urdu

کروموسوم, کروموزوم

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chromosome in Bengali: তন্তুসদৃশ বস্তু tontuśodriś bostu
chromosome in Telugu: వారసవాహిక vārasavāhika
chromosome in Malayalam: ക്രോമസോം, ക്രോമോസോം
chromosome in Kannada: ವರ್ಣತಂತು varṇatantu
chromosome in Punjabi: ਗੁਣਸੂਤਰ guṇsūtar
chromosome in Gujarati: રંગસૂત્ર raṅgsūtra
chromosome in Odia: କ୍ରୋମୋଜୋମ୍, କ୍ରୋମୋଜୋମ, କ୍ରୋମୋସୋମ୍
chromosome in Nepali: गुणसूत्र guṇasūtra
chromosome in Tagalog: kromosoma
chromosome in Arabic: كْرُومُوسُوم krumusūm, صِبْغِيّ ṣibḡiyy
chromosome in Indonesian: kromosom
chromosome in Persian: رنگین تن rangin tan, فامتن fāmtan
chromosome in Thai: โครโมโซม kroo-moo-soom
chromosome in Vietnamese: chất sinh sắt, nhiểm sắc thể
chromosome in Myanmar: ခရိုမိုဆုမ်း hka.ruimuihcum:

Examples of chromosome in a sentence

Plasmids are small circles of extragenomic DNA that exists and replicates independently from the bacterial chromosome.
A person born with Swyer syndrome has XY chromosomes, like a typical perisex boy might.
P(c) – cyclic parthenogenesis, P(o) – obligatory parthenogenesis in anholocyclic species, B – additional chromosomes.

All 40 example sentences with chromosome

Forms of chromosome

plural	chromosomes

Plural of chromosome: chromosomes

Origin of chromosome

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.

Phrases with chromosome

Questions about chromosome

What does chromosome mean?: Chromosome means a linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.
What is chromosome in Hindi?: Chromosome in Hindi is गुणसूत्र (guṇsūtra), गुण सूत्र (guṇ sūtra). See Chromosome meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is chromosome?: Chromosome is a noun.
How do you pronounce chromosome?: Chromosome is pronounced /ˈkɹəʊ.məˌsəʊm/ (UK).
What is the plural of chromosome?: The plural of chromosome is chromosomes.

Words near chromosome in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: chromosome (page history and authors); chromosome (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chromosome (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chromosome (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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