BARR BODY


Meaning of BARR BODY in English

■ noun Physiology a densely staining structure in the cell nuclei of females, consisting of a condensed, inactive X chromosome and regarded as diagnostic of genetic femaleness.

Origin

1960s: named after the Canadian anatomist M. L. Barr .

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