HyperDic: sex_chromatin

English > 1 sense of the expression sex chromatin:
NOUNbodysex chromatinchromatin found only in female cells
English > sex chromatin: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaningchromatin found only in female cells.
Example"the presence or absence of sex chromatin in cells obtained by amniocentesis makes it possible to determine the sex of a fetus"
Broaderchromatin, chromatin granuleThe readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins

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