AUTOSOME

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa

Synonyms:

autosome; somatic chromosome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("autosome" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

autosomal (of or relating to an autosome)

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