HyperDic: telomere

English > 1 sense of the word telomere:
NOUNbodytelomereeither (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome
telomere > pronunciation
Soundsteh'lahmiyr
Rhymesbier ... weir: 21 rhymes with iyr...
English > telomere: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningEither (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome.
Example"telomeres act as caps to keep the sticky ends of chromosomes from randomly clumping together"
Part ofchromosomeA threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
Broaderend, terminalEither extremity of something that has length
Spanishtelómero
Catalantelòmer

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