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li·nin   (lī'nĭn)   
n.  The filamentous, achromatic material in the nucleus of a cell that interconnects chromatin granules.

[Latin līnum, thread; see lno- in Indo-European roots + -in.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1li·nin
Pronunciation: 'lI-n&n
Function: noun
: a bitter white crystallizable substance with purgative qualities obtainedfrom the purging flax

Main Entry: 2linin
Function: noun
: the feebly staining portion of the reticulum of the nucleus of a resting cell in which chromatin granules appear to beembedded
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