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noun
Either of a pair of chromosomes (in most animals and plants) whose combination determines the sexual characteristics of an individual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
(genetics) a chromosome that determines the sex of an individual
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: chromosome
Narrower terms: X chromosome, XX, XXX, XXY, XY, XYY, Y chromosome
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