chromiolen.
/ˈkrəʊmɪəʊl/ Biology.
A name for the minute chromatin-granules which by their aggregation are supposed to form the chromomeres.
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1899 G. Eisen in Biol. Centralblatt 19 131 The first-mentioned granules are the chromatin elements which in time will form the chromosomes. For these granules..I have proposed the name chromioles.
1920 W. E. Agar Cytol. 18 By many cytologists chromatin is believed to be composed of very minute granules, or chromioles.
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