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X chromosome

noun Genetics.

a sex chromosome of humans and most mammals that determines femaleness when paired with another X chromosome and that occurs singly in males.

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heterochromosome

Compare Y chromosome.

Origin of X chromosome

First recorded in 1910–15

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019