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chromosomally

  • a word derived from chromosome.
    chromosome
    noun
    any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin, that carry the genes in a linear order: the human species has 23 pairs, designated 1 to 22 in order of decreasing size and X and Y for the sex-determining chromosomes.

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"Although not absolutely certain, it seems highly probable that the pregnancy was, in fact, chromosomally normal," it said.

From BBC Feb. 6, 2025

The Hare Research Group at the Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, has published a chromosomally assembled reference genome for the European brown hare.

From Science Daily Mar. 20, 2024

Va.: I think I am chromosomally incapable of sympathizing with anyone who would bully her way into the delivery room of a woman who has said to her face that she isn’t wanted there.

From Washington Post Dec. 31, 2021

If you could place 1 chromosomally complete embryo or 6 wild cards, what would you do?

From New York Times Oct. 17, 2016

The tests would show us whether they were chromosomally normal and therefore able to create a live baby, and, as a byproduct, their sex.

From The Guardian May 28, 2016

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