paranucleolus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small condensed mass of the inactivated X-chromosome usually located just inside the nuclear membrane of the interphase nucleus

Word forms

paranucleolus paranucleoli

Etymology

From para- + nucleolus.

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