linin
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of linin
C19: from Latin līnum flax + -in
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Figures 247 and 248 show the condensation of chromatin granules to form tetrads of various sizes, still embedded in the linin spireme.
From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part II by Nettie Maria Stevens
He needn't have no silver-plated handles, nor much outside finish, if he's got a satin linin'.
From The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Such a cell has a nucleus, with its chromatin, its membrane, and linin, as already described.
From The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity by H. W. (Herbert William) Conn
The tetrads usually remain connected by delicate linin threads, as shown in figures 57 and 60, also in figures 62 and 63, the latter taken from the metaphase of the first maturation spindle.
From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part I by Nettie Maria Stevens
This material is called linin, by which name we shall hereafter refer to it.
From The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity by H. W. (Herbert William) Conn
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