KARYOSOMA
\kˌaɹɪəsˈə͡ʊmə], \kˌaɹɪəsˈəʊmə], \k_ˌa_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s_ˈəʊ_m_ə]\
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One of the nucleolarlike bodies of irregular form, developed from the remnant of the germinal vesicle (female pronucleus). They at first stain equally throughout. Afterward they become spherical, and there appears a central pale spherule not staining and two deeply staining chromatin spherules attached to its poles. The term applies to the body when in this latter stage. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
