parachromatin
noun
1 Cell Biol. an achromatic substance of a nucleus (now rare ).
2 Genetics (R. A. Brink's name for) the regulatory, as opposed to the structural, components of a chromosome.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in American Naturalist. From para- + chromatin, after German Parachromatin.
- north-north-east
- north-north-easterly
- north-north-eastward
- north-north-eastwards
- north-north-west
- north-north-westerly
- north-north-westward
- north-north-westwards
- North-of-England
- north of the Bombay Hills
- north of Watford
- North, Oliver
- North Ossetia
- North Oxford
- northpaw
- North Platte
- North Platte River
- north polar
- North Providence
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- North Ronaldsay
- North Sea
- North Sea gas
- North Sea oil
- north side