Chromosome

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chromosome \Chro"mo*some`\, n. [Gr. ? color + ? the body.]
     (Biol.)
     One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the
     nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the {idant}
     of Weismann.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chromosome
       n : a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes
           in a linear order

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "chromosome":
     Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory,
     Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn theory, W chromosome,
     Weismann theory, Weismannism, Wiesner theory, X chromosome,
     Y chromosome, Z chromosome, accessory chromosome, allele,
     allelomorph, allosome, autosome, birth, centromere, character,
     chromatid, chromatin, chromosome complement, chromosome number,
     determinant, determiner, diathesis, diploid number, endowment,
     euchromosome, eugenics, factor, gene, gene-string, genesiology,
     genetic code, genetics, genome, haploid number, hereditability,
     heredity, heritability, heritage, heterochromosome,
     homologous chromosomes, idiochromosome, inborn capacity,
     inheritability, inheritance, matrocliny, monosome, patrocliny,
     pharmacogenetics, polyploidy, recessive character, replication,
     sex chromosome, univalent chromosome