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SOMATIC CHROMOSOME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does somatic chromosome mean? 

SOMATIC CHROMOSOME (noun)
  The noun SOMATIC CHROMOSOME has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SOMATIC CHROMOSOME used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOMATIC CHROMOSOME (noun)


Sense 1

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 ("somatic chromosome" is a kind of...):

chromosome (a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order)


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