Bible Dictionaries
Chromatin

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.

(2):

(n.) The deeply staining substance of the nucleus and chromosomes of cells, now supposed to be the physical basis of inheritance, and generally regarded as the same substance as the hypothetical idioplasm or germ plasm.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Chromatin'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/chromatin.html. 1828.