Etymology

autosome

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Today it means: Any eukaryotic chromosome other than sex chromosomes. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σῶμα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσῶμα“body”
  2. English todayautosome

From auto- + -some, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσῶμα all →

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