ALL meanings of monosome
mon·o·some
M m - noun monosome An unpaired (usually X) chromosome in a diploid chromosome complement. 1
- noun monosome a chromosome having no homologue, especially an unpaired X chromosome. 1
- noun monosome a protein-synthetic complex involving the translation of a messenger RNA molecule by a single ribosome. 1
- noun monosome a monosomic individual. 1
- noun monosome an unpaired chromosome, esp an X-chromosome in an otherwise diploid cell 0
- noun monosome an unpaired chromosome in an otherwise diploid cell; esp., an unpaired sex chromosome 0