Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
chronic fatigue syndrome
chronic pain syndrome
chronic wasting disease
chronicle
Chronicles
chrono-
chronobiology
chronogram
chronograph
chronol.
chronological
chronological age
chronology
chronometric
chronometry
chronon
chronoscope
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

chromosome number
chro·mo·some num·ber (plural chro·mo·some num·bers)


noun 
Definition:
 
number of chromosomes in species: the number of chromosomes present in the cell nucleus of a species of plant or animal. A human body usually has a chromosome number of 46.
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft