heterochromatin
English
noun
Definitions
- (cytology) Heterochromatic tightly coiled chromosome material; believed to be genetically inactive
Etymology
Affix from English chromatin.
Origin
English
chromatin
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antichromatin English
- basichromatin English
- chromatin English
- chromatinic English
- chromatinization English
- chromatinolysis English
- heterochromatinic English
- heterochromatinization English
- idiochromatin English
- interchromatin English
- macrochromatin English
- nonchromatin English
- perichromatin English
- trophochromatin English
- Chromatin German
- クロマチン Japanese