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ACHROMATIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does achromatin mean?
• ACHROMATIN (noun)
The noun ACHROMATIN has 1 sense:
1. the part of a cell nucleus that is relatively uncolored by stains or dyes
Familiarity information: ACHROMATIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The part of a cell nucleus that is relatively uncolored by stains or dyes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("achromatin" is a kind of...):
body substance (the substance of the body)
Holonyms ("achromatin" is a part of...):
cell nucleus; karyon; nucleus (a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction)
Derivation:
achromatinic ((of substance of a cell nucleus) not readily colored by stains)
Context examples
The more readily stainable portion of the cell nucleus, forming a network of nuclear fibrils within the achromatin of a cell.
(Chromatin Structure, NCI Thesaurus)
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