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Barr body (bär)

a structure found on the inside of the nuclear membrane of female cells that takes a dark stain and indicates by its presence the sex of the individual

Etymology: after M. L. Barr (1908-95), Cdn anatomist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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