chromosome的词源

英文词源

chromosome (n.)

1889, from German Chromosom, coined 1888 by German anatomist Wilhelm von Waldeyer-Hartz (1836-1921), from Latinized form of Greek khroma "color" (see chroma) + -some (3)). So called because the structures contain a substance that stains readily with basic dyes.

中文词源

chromosome：染色体

chromo, 颜色。-some, 身体，见somatic, 躯体的。

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