chromomere

American

[kroh-muh-meer] / ˈkroʊ məˌmɪər /

noun

Genetics. one of the beadlike granules arranged in a linear series in a chromonema.
Anatomy. the central, granular part of a blood platelet.

chromomere British

/ ˈkrəʊməˌmɪə /

noun

cytology any of the dense areas of chromatin along the length of a chromosome during the early stages of cell division

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Other Word Forms

chromomeric adjective

Etymology

Origin of chromomere

First recorded in 1895–1900; chromo- + -mere

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