English dictionary

chromatin

/'kr/oU/m/@/t/I/n/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

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

noun.body

Synonyms chromatin granule

Source: WordNet 3.0
Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.

noun

Source: webster1913
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.

noun

Source: webster1913