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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A nucleoproteid which has been obtained from the thymus gland, lymph glands, etc. It is characterized by a very high phosphorus content, 3.025 per cent., and on decomposition yields histon and Lilienfeld's leuconuclein.

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