Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chromosome

1 sense of chromosome

Sense 1
chromosome -- (a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes")
       => body -- (an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects; "heavenly body")