Associations to the word «Chromosome»

Wiktionary

CHROMOSOME, noun. (biology) (cytology) A structure in the cell nucleus that contains DNA, histone protein, and other structural proteins.

Dictionary definition

CHROMOSOME, noun. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats