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chromosomes

chromosomes is the plural of chromosome.

Meaning of chromosome

Noun

chromosome (plural chromosomes)

  1. 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.

Phrases with chromosomes

Questions about chromosomes

What is chromosomes the plural of?
Chromosomes is the plural of chromosome.

Words near chromosomes in the dictionary

  1. chromosome conformation capture
  2. chromosome conformation captures
  3. chromosome number
  4. chromosome numbers
  5. chromosomed
  6. chromosomes
  7. chromosomic
  8. chromosomically
  9. chromosomin
  10. chromosomology
  11. chromosphere

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chromosomes (page history and authors); chromosome (page history and authors). 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.

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