Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

philadelphia chromosome

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.43 in modern English

Syllables: philadel-phi-a chro-mo-some
IPA

42

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Human chromosome 22, after it has, pathologically, traded some of its genetic material with chromosome 9; this often causes chronic myelogenous leukemia.

Etymology

The abnormality was first discovered and described in 1959 by David Hungerford from the Institute for Cancer Research and Peter Nowell from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Both facilities are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Inflected Forms

Philadelphia chromosomes (plural)

Synonyms

Ph chromosome

Questions

What does philadelphia chromosome mean?: Human chromosome 22, after it has, pathologically, traded some of its genetic material with chromosome 9; this often causes chronic myelogenous leukemia.
Where does philadelphia chromosome come from?: The abnormality was first discovered and described in 1959 by David Hungerford from the Institute for Cancer Research and Peter Nowell from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Both facilities are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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