(biology) one of the very small parts like threads in the NUCLEI (= central parts) of animal and plant cells, that carry the GENES:
Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes in their cells.
seealsoSEXCHROMOSOME, XCHROMOSOME, YCHROMOSOME
chromosomal adjective:
chromosomal abnormalities / DNA
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