y chromosome

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   the sex chromosome that is carried by men

   “human males normally have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome”

   Broadersex chromosome

Questions about y chromosome

What does y chromosome mean?

y chromosome means "the sex chromosome that is carried by men".

Is y chromosome a common word?

y chromosome is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.