WordNet: chromosome
a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes"
- hypernym body
- hyponym sex chromosome
- hyponym autosome, somatic chromosome
- hyponym acentric chromosome
- hyponym acrocentric chromosome
- hyponym metacentric chromosome
- hyponym telocentric chromosome
- part holonym cell nucleus, karyon, nucleus
chromosome
- (englanti) chromosomal (derivationally related)
- (suomi) kromosomi (synonyymi)