ALL meanings of x chromosome
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X x - noun x chromosome a sex chromosome of humans and most mammals that determines femaleness when paired with another X chromosome and that occurs singly in males. 1
- noun x chromosome sex chromosome 1
- noun x chromosome (genetics) A mammalian sex chromosome. Cells of females have a pair of X chromosomes while cells of males have an X and a Y. 0
- countable noun x chromosome An X chromosome is one of an identical pair of chromosomes found in a woman's cells, or one of a non-identical pair found in a man's cells. X chromosomes are associated with female characteristics. Compare Y chromosome. 0
- noun x chromosome the sex chromosome that occurs in pairs in the diploid cells of the females of many animals, including humans, and as one of a pair with the Y-chromosome in those of males 0
- noun x chromosome one of the sex chromosomes 0