Y chromosome

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noun Genetics.

a sex chromosome of humans and most mammals that is present only in males and is paired with an X chromosome.

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Origin of Y chromosome

First recorded in 1920–25

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Why do you think you were “an asperg-y movie fan…a jabbering repellent acolyte?”
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Lyricist E. Y. “Yip” Harburg was as provocative as Hammerstein, though with a much less earnest, more whimsical sensibility.
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Very bass-y house, if I was in my element and playing what I like to play.
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With the freedom of doing that, we were able to do a non-human, flip-y thing.
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I was like, “In what world do I look like I would play the WASP-y wife?”
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If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.
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Y was a Youth, that did not love school; Z was a Zany, a poor harmless fool.
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D'o l'on peut aussy veoir, quelle esperance il y a de planter une belle chrestient par tels evangelistes.
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Ajoutez cecy, s'il vous plaist, la grande difficult qu'il y a de tirer d'eux les mots mesmes qu'ils ont.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Il n'y eut celuy de nous qui ne jugeast tel metheore prodigieux.
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British Dictionary definitions for Y chromosome

Y-chromosome

noun

the sex chromosome that occurs as one of a pair with the X-chromosome in the diploid cells of the males of many animals, including humansCompare X-chromosome

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Medical definitions for Y chromosome

Y-chromosome

The sex chromosome associated with male characteristics, occurring with one X-chromosome in the male sex chromosome pair.

Scientific definitions for Y chromosome

Y-chromosome

The sex chromosome that is paired with an X-chromosome in males. Most of the genes on the X-chromosome determine physical attributes associated with males, such as the development of testes. See more at sex chromosome. See Note at sex.