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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In cytology, chromatin which takes on a deep stain with basic dyes only. Same as chromatin in the usual sense.

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  • These basophil granules have been named chromatin or basichromatin and owe their staining properties to the presence of nucleic acid.

    I. Embryology. 1. The Animal Cell 1918

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