English Explanatory Dictionary

hexasome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any one of six homologous chromosomes in an aneuploid complement.

Word forms

hexasome hexasomes

Etymology

Probably formed by the combination of hexa- + -some, after the earlier hexasomic (1922) and hexasomy (1939).

Related words

hexasomic hexasomy
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