Synonyms for chromosome
ˈkroʊ məˌsoʊmchro·mo·some

Princeton's WordNet

1. chromosomenoun

   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"

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1. List of paraphrases for "chromosome":

   chromosomal

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1. Sriram Sankararaman:

   You’re going along the genome and there is the X chromosome or there are genes expressed in testes. Basically, these parts of the genome have less Neanderthal or Denisovan.

2. Jan Dumanski:

   There is a correlation between a common and avoidable risk factor, that is smoking, and the most common human mutation -- loss of the Y chromosome, this ... may in part explain why men in general have a shorter life span than women and why smoking is more dangerous for men.

3. Sarah Palin:

   I don't think because the child has one extra chromosome they should be able to snuff that life out.

4. Sriram Sankararaman:

   We see a lot less compared to the rest of the genome, you’re going along the genome and there is the X chromosome or there are genes expressed in testes. Basically, these parts of the genome have less Neanderthal or Denisovan.

5. Rod Mitchell:

   This study is particularly neat because it takes advantage of errors that are known to occur during culture of XY cells, which lead to loss of the Y chromosome and subsequent gain of a second X chromosome, resulting in XX cells that are capable of generating live offspring.