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extrachromosomal

extrachromosomal adjective: happening outside a chromosome.

Adjective

extrachromosomal (not comparable)

  1. Happening outside a chromosome.

Origin of extrachromosomal

From extra- + chromosomal.

Words formed from extrachromosomal

Questions about extrachromosomal

What does extrachromosomal mean?
Extrachromosomal means happening outside a chromosome.
What part of speech is extrachromosomal?
Extrachromosomal is an adjective.

Words near extrachromosomal in the dictionary

  1. extrachorial
  2. extrachorion
  3. extrachorionic
  4. extrachoroidal
  5. extrachromophoric
  6. extrachromosomal
  7. extrachromosomally
  8. extrachurch
  9. extraciliary
  10. extracisternal
  11. extracivic

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