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part of speech:	noun
definition:	one of the tiny, threadlike, DNA-containing bodies found in the cell nuclei of all plants and animals, responsible for transmitting hereditary characteristics. Certain birth defects are caused by having an abnormal number of chromosomes.
derivations:	chromosomal (adj.), chromosomally (adv.)

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