chromosome
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 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
Types & categories
- body hypernym
- sex chromosome hyponym
- autosome hyponym
- acentric chromosome hyponym
- acrocentric chromosome hyponym
- metacentric chromosome hyponym
- telocentric chromosome hyponym
Parts & wholes
- nucleus part holonym
- nucleolus organizer part meronym
- chromatin part meronym
- gene part meronym
- chromatid part meronym
- centromere part meronym
- telomere part meronym
Related & opposite
- chromosomal derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chromosomal |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | nucleus |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | nucleolus organizer |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | chromatin |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | gene |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | chromatid |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | centromere |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | telomere |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | body |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sex chromosome |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | autosome |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | acentric chromosome |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | acrocentric chromosome |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | metacentric chromosome |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | telocentric chromosome |