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)

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

Whatever chemical forces may have accomplished, they never could have combined different bodies into linin, centrosomes, chromosomes, etc., which, as we have seen, are the basis of cell life.

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)

Sometimes dey kivvered de outside wid black calico lak de linin'.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration