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CHROMATIN

\kɹˈə͡ʊmɐtˌɪn], \kɹˈə‍ʊmɐtˌɪn], \k_ɹ_ˈəʊ_m_ɐ_t_ˌɪ_n]\

Definitions of CHROMATIN

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division the chromatin condenses into chromosomes

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The material of CHROMOSOMES. It is a complex of DNA, HISTONES, and nonhistone proteins (CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE) found within the nucleus of a cell.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A substance in the nucleus which contains nucleic acid proteids and stains with basic dyes.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

The more stainable portion of cell nucleus.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The reticulate material found in the nuclei of cells; so called because it is deeply stained by coloring agents. See achromatin. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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