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CHROMATID

Dictionary entry overview: What does chromatid mean?

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

1. one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis

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

Dictionary entry details

• CHROMATID (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

One of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

fibril; filament; strand (a very slender natural or synthetic fiber)

Holonyms ("chromatid" is a part of...):

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

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