chromomere
noun
chro·mo·mere ˈkrō-mə-ˌmir 
: one of the small bead-shaped and heavily staining masses of coiled chromatin that are linearly arranged along the chromosome
chromomeric
ˌkrō-mə-ˈmer-ik -ˈmir-
adjective -ˈmir- 
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from German Chromomere, from chromo- chromo- + -mere -mere
Note: The German word was apparently introduced by the Swiss marine biologist Hermann Fol (1845-92) in his posthumously published Lehrbuch der vergleichenden mikroskopischen Anatomie (Leipzig, 1896), p. 259.
First Known Use
1896, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
chromomere 1 of 2
noun
chro·mo·mere ˈkrō-mə-ˌmi(ə)r
: the highly refractile portion of a blood platelet compare hyalomere
chromomere
2 of 2noun
: one of the small bead-shaped and heavily staining concentrations of chromatin that are linearly arranged along the chromosome