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chromosomally

chromosomally

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In a way that involves the parts of cells that carry genes
  • adverb
  • /ˌkroʊməˈsoʊməli/
  • Specialized
: cromosómicamente
  • Specifically, two TetR-like regulators encoded on the plasmid repress T6SS activity, which is chromosomally encoded.
  • chromosomally abnormal
  • chromosomally abnormal babies

So that you have a higher risk of chromosomal, chromosomally abnormal eggs when you're younger.

Examples

  • So that you have a higher risk of chromosomal, chromosomally abnormal eggs when you're younger.

    Grace Beverley

  • I mean, chromosomally, he might have been classifiable with other men, genetic mutation aside, but I wouldn't have wanted to generalize about the tribe based on him.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • So, you know, and chromosomally also was, was an anomaly.

  • The doctor explained that the child was chromosomally unique, which affected her development.

  • Researchers discovered that the fertility issues were often linked to being chromosomally deficient.

  • Genetic counseling can help families understand the implications of having chromosomally abnormal offspring.

Surface Forms

chromosomally positive

Morphology

chromosomally = chromosomal (transparent) = chromosome + al + ly

Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'chromosomal', a standard and predictable morphological change.

Etymology

The word chromosomally comes from chromosome, which itself combines Greek chroma 'color' and soma 'body' because chromosomes look like small 'colored bodies' under a microscope, and the adverb describes something that happens by or through those parts; so if a trait is chromosomally inherited, it is passed on by the chromosomes that carry our genes.