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Definition: Autosome |
AutosomeNoun1. Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: AutosomeSynonym: somatic chromosome (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Non-autosomal chromosomes are usually referred to as sex chromosomes or, less frequently, as gonosomes.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Autosome."
Crosswords: Autosome |
| English words defined with "autosome": autosomal, autosomal dominant disease, autosomal dominant disorder, autosomal recessive defect, autosomal recessive disease. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
autosome | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "autosome"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | autosom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | autosoom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | autosomi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | autosome. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Autosom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αυτόσωμο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | autosoma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | autosomeay autossoma. (various references) autosoma. (various references) autosom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "autosome": autosomes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-m-o-o-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: osteoma. | |
-2 letters: meatus, mutase. | |
-3 letters: amuse, atoms, autos, mates, mauts, meats, meous, moats, moose, moots, moste, motes, moues, mouse, mutes, satem, saute, smote, steam, stoae, stoma, tames, teams, toeas, tomes, touse. | |
-4 letters: amus, ates, atom, auto, east, eats, emus, etas, maes, mast, mate, mats, maut, meat, meou, mesa, meta, moas, moat, moos, moot, most. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-m-o-o-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: autosomes. | |
+2 letters: autonomies, autotomies, stomodaeum. | |
+3 letters: adenomatous, autoerotism, automobiles, autotomizes, lepromatous, myelomatous, stomodaeums. | |
+4 letters: ascomycetous, atheromatous, autoerotisms, demodulators, diatomaceous, entomofaunas, gametogenous, gamopetalous, hematogenous, heterogamous, macropterous, mycetomatous, proctodaeums, somatopleure. | |
+5 letters: autoeroticism, cleistogamous, demodulations, entomophagous, hematophagous, homosexuality, mucocutaneous, mycetophagous, neuroblastoma, overambitious, somatopleures. | |
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