telomere

Other forms: telomeres

Definitions of telomere
  1. noun
    either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome
    “telomeres act as caps to keep the sticky ends of chromosomes from randomly clumping together”
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    type of:
    end, terminal
    either extremity of something that has length
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