כרומוזום

Hebrew

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Noun

כְּרוֹמוֹזוֹם • (khromozóm) m (plural indefinite כְּרוֹמוֹזוֹמִים, singular construct כְּרוֹמוֹזוֹם־, plural construct כְּרוֹמוֹזוֹמֵי־)

1. (cytology, genetics) chromosome (a linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism)

References

• “כרומוזום” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• "כרומוזום" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• כרומוזום on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he