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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sex chromosome.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In cytology, a modified chromosome differing in form, size, and presumably also in function from all the other chromosomes in the same nucleus.
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- noun genetics A
sex chromosome - noun genetics A chromosome rich in
heterochromatin
Etymologies
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From hetero- + chromosome
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