- chromatin-positive
- chro·ma·tin-pos·i·tive (kro″mə-tin-pozґĭ-tiv) containing sex chromatin (Barr body); characteristic of the somatic cell nuclei of normal human females or other individuals with two (or more) X chromosomes.
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chromatin-positive
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