autosome
autosome · autosomes
Any eukaryotic chromosome other than sex chromosomesAny eukaryotic chromosome other than sex chromosomes.
UK/ˈɔːtəsəʊm/US/ˈɔtəˌsoʊm/
Meaning
1 sensesAny eukaryotic chromosome other than sex chromosomes.
any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
Translations
6 languagesOrigin
From auto- + -some, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).From auto- + -some, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
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Forms
plural: autosomesSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa:somatic chromosome
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedautosomal