chromatin
/ˈkɹəʊmətɪn/
chromatin noun: a complex of DNA, RNA and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division.
Noun
chromatin (countable and uncountable, plural chromatins)
chromatin meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Malay
chromatin in Tamil
- கருவினிறப்பொருள், குரோமாட்டின், குரோமற்றின், குரோமாட்டுன்
chromatin in Tagalog
- complex of DNA, RNA, and proteins
- kulayin, kromatina
chromatin in Malay
- complex of DNA, RNA, and proteins
- kromatin
Forms of chromatin
| plural | chromatins |
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Origin of chromatin
Borrowed from German Chromatin, from (combining form of) Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + -ινος (-inos, “made of”). Analyzable as chromatic (“of colour”) + -in (“substance”).
Words formed from chromatin
Questions about chromatin
- What does chromatin mean?
- Chromatin means a complex of DNA, RNA and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division.
- What is chromatin in Tamil?
- Chromatin in Tamil is கருவினிறப்பொருள், குரோமாட்டின், குரோமற்றின். See Chromatin meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is chromatin?
- Chromatin is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chromatin?
- Chromatin is pronounced /ˈkɹəʊmətɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chromatin?
- The plural of chromatin is chromatins.
Words near chromatin in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chromatin (page history and authors); chromatin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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