chromosomaladj.
/ˌkrəʊməˈsəʊml/, /ˌkrəʊməˈzəʊml/, U.S. /ˌkroʊməˈsoʊm(ə)l/, /ˌkroʊməˈzoʊm(ə)l/ Of, relating to, or affecting a chromosome or chromosomes.Cf. slightly earlier chromosomic adj.
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mucigenous1886
centrosomic1895
chromosomal1895
microsomal1897
lipochondrial1946
kinetosomal1949
microsomal1951
lysosomal1957
ribosomal1959
microtubular1963
peroxisomal1967
phagolysosomal1975
phagosomal1975
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chromosomic1893
chromosomal1895
1895 Jrnl. Morphol. 11 467 The contractility of spindle fibres may be a true explanation of the chromosomal movements in some cases.
1926 J. S. Huxley Ess. Pop. Sci. xviii. 296 The balance of chromosomal genes or factors.
1968 Times 14 Nov. 8/7 Dr. Gardner chose as the donor embryos a strain that has a recognizable chromosomal abnormality.
2013 D. J. Fairbairn Odd Couples ii. 10 In other lineages the chromosomal system is reversed so that males are produced when the two sex chromosomes match and females when they do not.
Derivatives
ˌchromoˈsomally adv. as regards or with respect to a chromosome or chromosomes; by means of chromosomes.
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chromosomally1921
1921 Jrnl. Genetics 11 175 The sterile tortoiseshell tom-cat possibly is a female chromosomally.
1965 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 May 483/4 Within this representation..are encoded, chromosomally, the directives by which daughter cells behave like their mother.
1970 Med. Jrnl. Austral. 28 Nov. 993/1 All of the former and 38 of the latter were chromosomally normal.
2007 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) May 37/2 The challenge, therefore, is to find a theory that explains how one normal cell, out of the trillions that make up a human body, becomes chromosomally and phenotypically so unstable that is gives rise to a lethal cancer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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adj.1895