chromomere

noun

chro·​mo·​mere ˈkrō-mə-ˌmir 

: one of the small bead-shaped and heavily staining masses of coiled chromatin that are linearly arranged along the chromosome

chromomeric

ˌkrō-mə-ˈmer-ik  -ˈmir- 

adjective

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from German Chromomere, from chromo- chromo- + -mere -mere

Note: The German word was apparently introduced by the Swiss marine biologist Hermann Fol (1845-92) in his posthumously published Lehrbuch der vergleichenden mikroskopischen Anatomie (Leipzig, 1896), p. 259.

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

chromomere

1 of 2 noun

chro·​mo·​mere ˈkrō-mə-ˌmi(ə)r 

: the highly refractile portion of a blood platelet compare hyalomere

chromomere

2 of 2 noun

: one of the small bead-shaped and heavily staining concentrations of chromatin that are linearly arranged along the chromosome

chromomeric

ˌkrō-mə-ˈmer-ik  -ˈmi(ə)r- 

adjective