ĥromosomo

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Chromosom, ultimately from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”) (because they are stained under the microscope).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xromoˈsomo/
  • Hyphenation: ĥro‧mo‧so‧mo
  • Rhymes: -omo

Noun

ĥromosomo (accusative singular ĥromosomon, plural ĥromosomoj, accusative plural ĥromosomojn)

  1. (cytology) chromosome
    • 1965, Ralph A. Lewin, “La flageloj de algoj [The flagella of algae]”, in Scienca Revuo [Scientific Magazine]‎, volume 15, number 3/4 (in Esperanto), pages 117–127:
      Alglutininoj tiaj estas la unua ĥemia bazo por seksa diferenciĝo; kun siaj genoj, tiuj de aliaj faktoroj — ekzemple, la moviĝemo post pariĝo — evidente estas kunligitaj en diferenciga segmento de seksa ĥromosomo.
      Such agglutinins are the first chemical base for sex differentiation; with their genes, those of other factors — for example, the mobility after mating — is obviously connected in a distinctive segment of a sex chromosome.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ĥromosoma (“chromosomal”)
  • X-ĥromosomo (“X chromosome”)
  • Y-ĥromosomo (“Y chromosome”)
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