extrachromosomal

Questions

What does extrachromosomal mean?

Happening outside a chromosome.

Where does extrachromosomal come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English chromosome English -al English chromosomal English extrachromosomal From extra- + chromosomal.

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