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Y-chromosome

Y-chromosome is the alternative spelling of Y chromosome.

Meaning of Y chromosome

Noun

Y chromosome (plural Y 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 Y-chromosome

pluralY-chromosomes

Questions about Y-chromosome

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

Words near Y-chromosome in the dictionary

  1. y'see
  2. y'self
  3. y-
  4. y-axes
  5. y-axis
  6. Y-chromosome
  7. Y-chromosomes
  8. Y-Day
  9. y-direction
  10. y-front
  11. Y-fronted

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