Found 2 items, similar to chromosome.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: chromosome chromosome n : a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
English → English (gcide) Definition: Chromosome Chromosome \Chro"mo*some`\, n. [Gr. ? color + ? the body.] (Biol.) One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann. [1913 Webster]