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heterosome

heterosome noun: sex chromosome.

Noun

heterosome (plural heterosomes)

  1. sex chromosome

Forms of heterosome

pluralheterosomes

Origin of heterosome

From hetero- + -some.

Words formed from heterosome

Questions about heterosome

What does heterosome mean?
Heterosome means sex chromosome.
What part of speech is heterosome?
Heterosome is a noun.
What is the plural of heterosome?
The plural of heterosome is heterosomes.

Words near heterosome in the dictionary

  1. heterosocial
  2. heterosociality
  3. heterosocially
  4. heterosomal
  5. heterosomatous
  6. heterosome
  7. heterosomes
  8. heterosomic
  9. heterospecies
  10. heterospecific
  11. heterospecifically

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