plastin

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós, “mouldable”) + -in.

Noun

plastin (plural plastins)

1. (biology) A substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by some considered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus.

Related terms

• chloroplastin
• cytoplastin
• plastinoid

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “plastin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Taplins, plaints, planist, platins