Karyosome

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The chromatin material inside a cell nucleus when the cell is not undergoing mitotic division. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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chromocentrekaryospherenucleus

Etymology

From karyo- + -some.

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