NUCLEIN

n. Nu2 'kle2-i2n. Fr., nucleine. Ger., N. 1. A complex body found in yolk of egg and in the nuclei of pus-corpuscles, and probably present in all cell nuclei. It is soluble in water and in alkalies, and has a xanthoproteic reaction. [K.] 2. Of Str as burger, chromatin. [B, 229, 291 (a, 35).] [s. 115]