Chromosome
Pronunciation : Chro"mo*some`
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Gr. (Biol.)
Definition : Defn: One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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