Barr body

Barr body definition - medical

Barr body (bär)

noun
The condensed, inactive, single X-chromosome found in the nuclei of somatic cells of most female mammals and whose presence is the basis of sex determination tests that are performed, for example, on athletes. Also called sex chromatin.

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