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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
chromosome
/ˈkɹəʊ.məˌsəʊm/
noun
cell structures that carry the genetic material that is copied and passed to the next generation.
- “The chromosomes in our cells contain the whole of our genetic material.”Tatoeba
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)