See Also: minichromosome(medicine)

bruisewort (iou) and minichromosome (medicine)


bruisewort (iou)



bruisewort noun. OE.
[from BRUISE noun or verb + WORT noun1.]
Any of various plants supposed to heal bruises, esp. the daisy.

minichromosome (medicine)


minichromosome


1. <cell biology> Certain viruses complex with the histones of the host eukaryote cells they have infected to form a chromatin structure resembling a small chromosome.

2. <molecular biology> A plasmid that contains a chromosomal origin of replication.

Origin: Gr. Soma = body