Definitions for: Chromatin


[n] the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins



Webster (1913) Definition: Chro"ma*tin, n. [Gr. ?, ?, color.] (Biol.)
Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.


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.

See Also: body substance, cell nucleus, karyon, nucleus, sex chromatin

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