kromosom

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Danish

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Etymology

From German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, colour) + σῶμα (sôma, body).

Pronunciation

Noun

kromosom n (singular definite kromosomet, plural indefinite kromosomer)

  1. (cytology, genetics) chromosome

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Derived terms

Farefare

Etymology

From English chromosome, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, colour) + σῶμα (sôma, body).

Pronunciation

Noun

kromosom (plural kromosomdõma)

  1. (genetics) chromosome

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch chromosoom (chromosome), from German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, colour) + σῶμα (sôma, body).

Pronunciation

Noun

kromosom (plural kromosom-kromosom, first-person possessive kromosomku, second-person possessive kromosommu, third-person possessive kromosomnya)

  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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, colour) + σῶμα (sôma, body).

Noun

kromosom n (definite singular kromosomet, indefinite plural kromosom or kromosomer, definite plural kromosoma or kromosomene)

  1. (genetics) chromosome

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, colour) + σῶμα (sôma, body).

Noun

kromosom n (definite singular kromosomet, indefinite plural kromosom, definite plural kromosoma)

  1. (genetics) chromosome

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, colour) + σῶμα (sôma, body). By surface analysis, kromo- +‎ -som.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kromǒsoːm/
  • Hyphenation: kro‧mo‧som

Noun

kromòsōm m (Cyrillic spelling кромо̀со̄м)

  1. (Croatia, genetics) chromosome

Declension

References

  • kromosom”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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Etymology

From German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, colour) + σῶμα (sôma, body).

Noun

kromosom c

  1. (genetics) chromosome

Declension

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