CHROSOMAL ABNORMALITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chrosomal abnormality mean? 

• CHROSOMAL ABNORMALITY (noun)
  The noun CHROSOMAL ABNORMALITY has 1 sense:

1. any change in the normal structure or number of chromosomes; often results in physical or mental abnormalities

  Familiarity information: CHROSOMAL ABNORMALITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHROSOMAL ABNORMALITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any change in the normal structure or number of chromosomes; often results in physical or mental abnormalities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

chromosomal aberration; chromosomal anomaly; chromosonal disorder; chrosomal abnormality

Hypernyms ("chrosomal abnormality" is a kind of...):

aberrance; aberrancy; aberration; deviance (a state or condition markedly different from the norm)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chrosomal abnormality"):

monosomy (chromosomal abnormality consisting of the absence of one chromosome from the normal diploid number)

trisomy (chrosomal abnormality in which there is one more than the normal number of chromosomes in a cell)

sex-linked disorder (any disease or abnormality that is determined by the sex hormones)