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    AUTOSOME

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoaplay

    Synonyms:

    autosome; somatic chromosome

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("autosome" is a kind of...):

    chromosome (a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order)

    Derivation:

    autosomal (of or relating to an autosome)

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