chromosome

1. 1.

   a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order

   “humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes”

   Broaderbody

   Narrowersex chromosomeautosomeacentric chromosomeacrocentric chromosomemetacentric chromosometelocentric chromosome

   Part ofnucleus

   Partsnucleolus organizerchromatingenechromatidcentromeretelomere

Other forms of chromosome

plural

chromosomes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chromosome

What does chromosome mean?

chromosome means "a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order".

How many syllables are in chromosome?

chromosome has 3 syllables: chro-mo-some. The stress falls on "chro". In IPA it is /ˈkɹoʊməˌsoʊm/.

Is chromosome a common word?

chromosome is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with chromosome?

1 word rhymes with chromosome. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.