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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An irregular aggregation of chromatin in the nucleus of a cell not undergoing mitosis.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A nucleolus-like mass of chromatin in the cell-nucleus: distinguished from the plasmosome, or true nucleolus.
- noun A chromosome.
- noun A micronucleus of the Infusoria.
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