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X-chromosome

X-chromosome is the alternative spelling of X chromosome.

Meaning of X chromosome

Noun

X chromosome (plural X chromosomes)

  1. A mammalian sex chromosome: in the XY sex-determination system, cells of females typically have a pair of X chromosomes, while cells of males typically have an X and a Y.

Forms of X-chromosome

pluralX-chromosomes

Questions about X-chromosome

What is X-chromosome the alternative spelling of?
X-chromosome is the alternative spelling of X chromosome.

Words near X-chromosome in the dictionary

  1. x-caboquinhos
  2. x-cat-ik
  3. X-certificate
  4. X-chair
  5. X-chairs
  6. X-chromosome
  7. X-chromosomes
  8. X-country
  9. X-craft
  10. X-Day
  11. X-Days

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Adapted from Wiktionary: X-chromosome (page history and authors); X 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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