nebenkern

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mass or shred of chromatin-staining material outside of the nucleus in the cytoplasm.

Word forms

nebenkern nebenkerns

Etymology

German neben (“near”) and Kern (“nucleus”).

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