Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sex_chromatin

1 sense of sex chromatin

Sense 1
sex chromatin -- (chromatin found only in female cells; "the presence or absence of sex chromatin in cells obtained by amniocentesis makes it possible to determine the sex of a fetus")
       => chromatin, chromatin granule -- (the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses into chromosomes)