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AUTOSOME

Dictionary entry overview: What does autosome mean?

• AUTOSOME (noun)
The noun AUTOSOME has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: AUTOSOME used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• AUTOSOME (noun)

Sense 1

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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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

autosome; somatic chromosome

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

chromosome (a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order)

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