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noun Genetics.
the dense, highly stainable part of a chromosome.
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Heterochromatin
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So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
| given to using long words. |
| an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language. |
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World English Dictionary
| heterochromatin (ˌhɛtərəʊˈkrəʊmətɪn) | |
| —n | |
| Compare euchromatin the condensed part of a chromosome that stains strongly with basic dyes in nondividing cells and has little genetic activity | |
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heterochromatin het·er·o·chro·ma·tin (hět'ə-rō-krō'mə-tĭn)
n.
The part of the chromonema that remains tightly coiled and condensed during interphase and thus stains readily.
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