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Chromatin

Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.

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Chromosome 70% connected

One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann.

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Nucleus 70% connected

A kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; -- used both…

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Cell noun · 78% connection

(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may…

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Active transport noun · 78% connection

transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of…

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Apoptosis noun · 78% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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Caspase-mediated cell death noun · 78% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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cell membrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Cell organ noun · 78% connection

a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"

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Cell organelle noun · 78% connection

a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"

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Chromatin granule noun · 78% connection

the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…

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Cytol noun · 78% connection

the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism

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Cytomembrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Cytoplasm noun · 78% connection

the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism

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Cytoskeleton noun · 78% connection

a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence

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Dictyosome noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Golgi apparatus noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Golgi body noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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Golgi complex noun · 78% connection

a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)

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lysosome noun · 78% connection

an organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (especially in leukocytes and liver and kidney cells)

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Mitosis noun · 78% connection

cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes

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Achromatin noun · 78% connection

Tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes.

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Adonis noun · 78% connection

A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood wa…

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Aminobenzine noun · 78% connection

oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines

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Aniline noun · 78% connection

An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radic…

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Aniline oil noun · 78% connection

oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines

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Azo- unknown · 78% connection

Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene, azobenzoi…

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Barberry noun · 78% connection

A shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. B. vulgaris is the species best known; its oblong red b…

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Basophil noun · 78% connection

a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains

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Basophile noun · 78% connection

a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains

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Benzoquinone noun · 78% connection

any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; u…

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Blackguard noun · 78% connection

A person of stained or low character, esp. one who uses scurrilous language, or treats others with foul abuse; a scoundrel; a rough.

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Blent imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

Mingled; mixed; blended; also, polluted; stained.

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Bloody adjective · 78% connection

Smeared or stained with blood; as, bloody hands; a bloody handkerchief.

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Bloody hand unknown · 78% connection

A hand stained with the blood of a deer, which, in the old forest laws of England, was sufficient evidence of a man's trespass in the…

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Came noun · 78% connection

A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in casements and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or piece…

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Chemical attraction noun · 78% connection

the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule; "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk"

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Chrysaniline noun · 78% connection

A yellow substance obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of rosaniline. It dyes silk a fine golden-yellow color.

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Colored adjective · 78% connection

Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained.

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