TELOMERE
Dictionary entry overview: What does telomere mean? • TELOMERE (noun)
The noun TELOMERE has 1 sense:
1. either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome
Familiarity information: TELOMERE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TELOMERE (noun)
Meaning:
Either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Context example:
telomeres act as caps to keep the sticky ends of chromosomes from randomly clumping together
Hypernyms ("telomere" is a kind of...):
end (either extremity of something that has length)
Holonyms ("telomere" is a part of...):
chromosome (a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order)
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