Etymology

dinucleosome

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Today it means: A short complex of nucleosomes that is formed as the first step in the production of chromatin Full definition →

English nucleosome ← Latin di- ← Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
  4. Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
  5. Latindi-
  6. Englishdi-
  7. Englishnucleosome
  8. English todaydinucleosome

From di- + nucleosome.

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