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chro•mo•mere
(krō′mə mēr′),USA pronunciation n.
chro•mo•mer•ic
(krō′mə mer′ik, -mēr′-),USA pronunciation adj.
- Geneticsone of the beadlike granules arranged in a linear series in a chromonema.
- Anatomythe central, granular part of a blood platelet. Cf. hyalomere.
- 1895–1900; chromo- + -mere
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