Definitions
Chromosome that is not a sex chromosome.
Word origin
From auto- + -some, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
Used in a sentence
“Autosoma (or autosome), the usual or non-aberrant chromosomes, called by me previously ordinary chromosomes.”
“It is apparently formed by the arms of the loops becoming twisted around each other, and, as in the Acrididae, each of these arms no doubt represents a univalent autosome.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Nonsex DNA carrier”8 letters
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