"Z chromosome" meaning in English

See Z chromosome in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: Z chromosomes [plural], Z-chromosome [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Z chromosome (plural Z chromosomes)
  1. (genetics) The larger chromosome that has more genes, in the ZW system. Related terms: W chromosome Translations (larger chromosome that has more genes): Z染色體 /Z染色体 (Chinese Mandarin), Z-kromosom [neuter] (Danish), Z-chromosoom [neuter] (Dutch), Z-kromosoom (Estonian), Z-kromosomi (Finnish), chromosome Z [masculine] (French), Z-Chromosom [masculine] (German), Z-litningur [masculine] (Icelandic), Z-chrómasóm [masculine] (Irish), Z染色体 (zeddo senshokutai) (alt: ゼッドせんしょくたい) (Japanese), Z 염색체 (jedeu yeomsaekche) (Korean), chromosom Z [masculine] (Polish), cromossoma Z [masculine] (Portuguese), cromossomo Z [masculine] (Portuguese), cromozom Z [masculine] (Romanian), Z-kromosom [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "cmn",
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          "alt": "ゼッドせんしょくたい",
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          "roman": "zeddo senshokutai",
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          "sense": "larger chromosome that has more genes",
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          "word": "Z-kromosom"
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      "lang_code": "cmn",
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      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
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      "sense": "larger chromosome that has more genes",
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      "sense": "larger chromosome that has more genes",
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      "sense": "larger chromosome that has more genes",
      "word": "Z-kromosomi"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "sense": "larger chromosome that has more genes",
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      "word": "chromosome Z"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "larger chromosome that has more genes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Z-Chromosom"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "larger chromosome that has more genes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Z-litningur"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "larger chromosome that has more genes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Z-chrómasóm"
    },
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      "alt": "ゼッドせんしょくたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "zeddo senshokutai",
      "sense": "larger chromosome that has more genes",
      "word": "Z染色体"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "jedeu yeomsaekche",
      "sense": "larger chromosome that has more genes",
      "word": "Z 염색체"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "larger chromosome that has more genes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "chromosom Z"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "larger chromosome that has more genes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cromossoma Z"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "larger chromosome that has more genes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cromossomo Z"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "larger chromosome that has more genes",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cromozom Z"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "larger chromosome that has more genes",
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      "word": "Z-kromosom"
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  "word": "Z chromosome"
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