chromomere

[kroh-muh-meer]

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

/ ˈkrəʊməˌmɪə /

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• chromomeric adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of chromomere¹

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