SEX CHROMATIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chromatin found only in female cells

Example:

the presence or absence of sex chromatin in cells obtained by amniocentesis makes it possible to determine the sex of a fetus

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Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

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