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

1 sense of sex chromosome

Sense 1
sex chromosome -- ((genetics) a chromosome that determines the sex of an individual; "mammals normally have two sex chromosomes")
       => 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")