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Barr body

Entries 1 to 10 of 17.
  1. Barr body (noun)
  2. basal body (noun)
  3. 1body (noun)
  4. 2body (transitive verb)
  5. body corporate (noun)
  6. body politic (noun)
  7. carotid body (noun)
  8. cell body (noun)
  9. fat body (noun)
  10. fruiting body (noun)

Main Entry: Barr body
Pronunciation: \ˈbär-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Murray Llewellyn Barr †1995 Canadian anatomist
Date: 1961

: a densely staining inactivated condensed X chromosome that is present in each somatic cell of most female mammals and is used as a test of genetic femaleness (as in a fetus) —called also sex chromatin


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