"chromatin" meaning in English

See chromatin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɹəʊmətɪn/ [UK] Forms: chromatins [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Chromatin, from (combining form of) Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + -ινος (-inos, “made of”). Analyzable as chromatic (“of colour”) + -in (“substance”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Chromatin}} German Chromatin, {{uder|en|grc|χρῶμα||colour}} Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”), {{suffix|en|chromatic|in|gloss1=of colour|gloss2=substance}} chromatic (“of colour”) + -in (“substance”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chromatin (plural chromatins)
  1. (biology) A complex of DNA, RNA and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division. Wikipedia link: chromatin Categories (topical): Biology, Cytology, Genetics Translations (complex of DNA, RNA, and proteins): cromatina [feminine] (Catalan), 染色質 /染色质 (rǎnsèzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 核染質 /核染质 (hérǎnzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), chromatine [feminine] (French), Chromatin [neuter] (German), cromatina [feminine] (Italian), クロマチン (kuromachin) (Japanese), 染色質 (senshokushitsu) (alt: せんしょくしつ) (Japanese), хроматин (xromatin) (Kazakh), ក្រូម៉ាទីន (kroumaatiin) (Khmer), kromatin (Malay), cromatina (Portuguese), cromatina [feminine] (Spanish), kromatin (Swedish), kulayin (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-chromatin-en-noun-en:complex_of_DNA__RNA__and_proteins Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -in, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Topics: biology, natural-sciences Derived forms: antichromatin, basichromatin, centrochromatin, chromatic, chromatinic, chromatinisation, chromatinization, chromatinolysis, euchromatin, heterochromatin, idiochromatin, interchromatin, macrochromatin, nonchromatin, perichromatin, trophochromatin

Inflected forms

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