chromatin

See also: Chromatin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Chromatin, from (combining form of) Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + -ινος (-inos, “made of”). Analyzable as chromatic (“of colour”) +‎ -in (“substance”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹəʊmətɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

chromatin (countable and uncountable, plural chromatins)

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

Derived terms

• antichromatin
• basichromatin
• centrochromatin
• chromatic
• chromatinic
• chromatinisation
• chromatinization
• chromatinolysis
• euchromatin
• heterochromatin
• idiochromatin
• interchromatin
• macrochromatin
• nonchromatin
• perichromatin
• trophochromatin

Translations

complex of DNA, RNA, and proteins

• Catalan: cromatina (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 染色質 / 染色质 (zh) (rǎnsèzhì), 核染質 / 核染质 (zh) (hérǎnzhì)

• French: chromatine (fr) f
• German: Chromatin (de) n
• Italian: cromatina (it) f
• Japanese: クロマチン (ja) (kuromachin), 染色質 (ja) (せんしょくしつ, senshokushitsu)
• Kazakh: хроматин (xromatin)
• Khmer: ក្រូម៉ាទីន (km) (kroumaatiin)
• Malay: kromatin
• Portuguese: cromatina (pt)
• Spanish: cromatina f
• Swedish: kromatin (sv)
• Tagalog: kulayin

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