| NOUN | body | telomere | either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome |
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| Sounds | teh'lahmiyr | |
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| Rhymes | bier ... weir: 21 rhymes with iyr... | |
| Meaning | Either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome. | |
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| Example | "telomeres act as caps to keep the sticky ends of chromosomes from randomly clumping together" | |
| Part of | chromosome | A threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order |
| Broader | end, terminal | Either extremity of something that has length |
| Spanish | telómero | |
| Catalan | telòmer | |
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