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CHROMATIN GRANULE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

chromatin; chromatin granule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("chromatin granule" is a kind of...):

body substance (the substance of the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chromatin granule"):

sex chromatin (chromatin found only in female cells)

Holonyms ("chromatin granule" is a part of...):

cell nucleus; karyon; nucleus (a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction)

chromosome (a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order)

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