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<lex_filenum>08<lex_filenum/>
<word lex_id="0">chromosome<word/>
<pointer refs="n09224911">Hypernym<pointer/>
<pointer refs="n05434927">Part holonym<pointer/>
<pointer refs="a02956752" source="1" target="1">Derivationally related form<pointer/>
<pointer refs="n05435477 n05436080 n05436752 n05444175 n05444324 n05610520">Part meronym<pointer/>
<pointer refs="n05443651 n05443966 n05444610 n05444709 n05445099 n05445247">Hyponym<pointer/>
<def>a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order<def/>
<example>humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes<example/>
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