linin

British  

/ ˈlaɪnɪn /

noun

1. the network of viscous material in the nucleus of a cell that connects the chromatin granules

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Etymology

Origin of linin

C19: from Latin līnum flax + _-in

Example Sentences

There is, however, in the nucleus another material which forms either threads, or a network, or a mass of granules, which is very different from the linin, and has entirely different properties.

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 Conn, H. W. (Herbert William)

Shall it be the linin, or the liquids, or the microsomes, or the chromatin threads, or the centrosomes?

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 Conn, H. W. (Herbert William)

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 Stevens, Nettie Maria

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 Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

Diamond-shaped and contracted cross-shaped tetrads from metaphase of first maturation mitosis, showing linin connections.

From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part I by Stevens, Nettie Maria