chromosome

chromosome
    n 1: a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries
         the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome
         pairs plus two sex chromosomes"
    

Chromosome \Chro"mo*some`\, n. [Gr. ? color + ? the body.]
   (Biol.)
   One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the
   nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the {idant}
   of Weismann.
   [1913 Webster]
    

61 Moby Thesaurus words for "chromosome":
      Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory,
      Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn theory, W chromosome,
      Weismann theory, Weismannism, Wiesner theory, X chromosome,
      Y chromosome, Z chromosome, accessory chromosome, allele,
      allelomorph, allosome, autosome, birth, centromere, character,
      chromatid, chromatin, chromosome complement, chromosome number,
      determinant, determiner, diathesis, diploid number, endowment,
      euchromosome, eugenics, factor, gene, gene-string, genesiology,
      genetic code, genetics, genome, haploid number, hereditability,
      heredity, heritability, heritage, heterochromosome,
      homologous chromosomes, idiochromosome, inborn capacity,
      inheritability, inheritance, matrocliny, monosome, patrocliny,
      pharmacogenetics, polyploidy, recessive character, replication,
      sex chromosome, univalent chromosome