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X chromosome

X chromosome noun: 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.

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.

X chromosome meaning in Tamil

X chromosome in Tamil

மரபுத்திரி

Forms of X chromosome

pluralX chromosomes
alternative formX-chromosome

Origin of X chromosome

Named by Hermann Henking in 1890 from x (signifying the unknown) due to some baffling properties he had observed. The brief resemblance in the appearance of the X and Y chromosomes to the letters "X" and "Y" respectively during cell division is entirely coincidental.

Questions about X chromosome

What does X chromosome mean?
X chromosome means 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.
What is X chromosome in Tamil?
X chromosome in Tamil is மரபுத்திரி. See X chromosome meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is X chromosome?
X chromosome is a noun.
What is the plural of X chromosome?
The plural of X chromosome is X chromosomes.

Words near X chromosome in the dictionary

  1. w⚓
  2. w⚓s
  3. x
  4. X boson
  5. X bosons
  6. X chromosome
  7. X chromosomes
  8. X disease
  9. x factor
  10. x factors
  11. X Generation

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