monosome

monosome
/mon"euh sohm'/, n. Genetics.
1. a chromosome having no homologue, esp. an unpaired X chromosome.
2. a protein-synthetic complex involving the translation of a messenger RNA molecule by a single ribosome.
3. a monosomic individual.
[1920-25; MONO- + -SOME3]

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