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lampbrush chromosome

lamp·brush chro·mo·some [ lámp brush krmə sōm ] (plural lamp·brush chro·mo·somes)


noun 
Definition:
 
type of chromosome: an enlarged chromosome covered with fine loops of chromatin, observed during the early part of reproductive division meiosis

[Because it resembles a brush for the inside of a glass lampshade]
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