sex chromatin in English
noun
1
material found only in the nuclei of female cells (especially as the Barr body) and believed to represent the inactivated X chromosome.
The incidence of sex chromatin in nuclei of epithelial cells in buccal smears was determined in 63 women aged 62 to 93 who had reached the menopause from 10 to 50 years previously.
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1. Antonyms for Autosome include sex chromosome, heterochromosome, idiochromosome, sex chromatid, sex chromatin, X chromosome and Y chromosome
2. 18 SubjectTo explore the features of the abnormalities of the sex chromatin and the sex chromosome of the patients with mental disorders.
3. [ kro´mah-tin] the substance of the chromosomes, composed of DNA and basic proteins (histones), the material in the nucleus that stains with basic dyes. sex Chromatin the persistent mass of the material of the inactivated X chromosome in cells of normal females; called also Barr body.