Associations to the word «Chromatin»

Wiktionary

CHROMATIN, noun. ​(biology) A complex of DNA, RNA and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats