Usually means: Chromosomes determining biological sex traits.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. sex chromosome: Merriam-Webster
  2. sex chromosome: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sex chromosome: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sex chromosome: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sex chromosome: Vocabulary.com
  6. sex chromosome: Wiktionary
  7. sex chromosome: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. sex chromosome: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. sex chromosome: Dictionary.com
  10. Sex chromosome: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. sex chromosome: Rhymezone
  12. sex chromosome: FreeDictionary.org
  13. sex chromosome: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. sex chromosome: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sex chromosome: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. sex chromosome: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Sex chromosome: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  5. sex chromosome: Medical dictionary
  6. Sex chromosome: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  1. DOE Genome Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  3. sex chromosome: Evolution Glossary
  4. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)

(Note: See sex_chromosomes as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sex chromosome)

▸ noun:  (genetics) Either of a pair of chromosomes (in most animals and plants) whose combination determines the sexual characteristics of an individual.

Similar:
X chromosome, X-chromosome, Y chromosome, supersex, heterosome, heterochromosome, allosome, autosome, XX-XY system, secondary sex characteristic, more...

Opposite:
autosome, non-sex chromosome, somatic chromosome

Types:
X chromosome, Y chromosome, more...

Phrases:
sex chromosome imbalance, Sex chromosome anomalies, more...

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Similar:
X chromosome, X-chromosome, Y chromosome, supersex, heterosome, heterochromosome, allosome, autosome, XX-XY system, secondary sex characteristic, more...

Opposite:
autosome, non-sex chromosome, somatic chromosome

Types:
X chromosome, Y chromosome, more...

Phrases:
sex chromosome imbalance, Sex chromosome anomalies, more...



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