Usually means: Threadlike structure in chromosome composition.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word chromonema:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. chromonema: Merriam-Webster
  2. chromonema: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. chromonema: Collins English Dictionary
  4. chromonema: Wiktionary
  5. chromonema: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. chromonema: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. chromonema: Dictionary.com
  8. chromonema: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. chromonema: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. chromonema: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. chromonema: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (chromonema)

▸ noun:  (genetics) The central coiled filament of a chromatid upon which the chromomeres lie

Similar:
chromidium, chromadorean, chloronema, chilomonad, chromoleucite, chromadorid, cofilament, spireme, chromatophoroma, coenenchyme, more...

Opposite:
achromonema, euchromatin

Adjectives:
coiled, single, singular, helicoidal, spiral

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Similar:
chromidium, chromadorean, chloronema, chilomonad, chromoleucite, chromadorid, cofilament, spireme, chromatophoroma, coenenchyme, more...

Opposite:
achromonema, euchromatin

Adjectives:
coiled, single, singular, helicoidal, spiral



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