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chromomere

American  
[kroh-muh-meer] / ˈkroʊ məˌmɪər /

noun

  1. Genetics.  one of the beadlike granules arranged in a linear series in a chromonema.

  2. Anatomy.  the central, granular part of a blood platelet.

chromomere British  
/ ˈkrəʊməˌmɪə /

noun

  1. 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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