Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chromatin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chromatin \Chro"ma*tin\, n. (Biol.)
The deeply staining substance of the nucleus and chromosomes
of cells, now supposed to be the physical basis of
inheritance, and generally regarded as the same substance as
the hypothetical idioplasm or germ plasm.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chromatin \Chro"ma*tin\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, color.] (Biol.)
Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chromatin
n : the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting
of DNA and RNA and various proteins
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