Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

Barr body

Syllabification: (Barr bod·y)
Pronunciation: /bär/

Definition of Barr body

noun

Anatomy & Physiology
  • a small, densely staining structure in the cell nuclei of female mammals, consisting of a condensed, inactive X chromosome. It is regarded as diagnostic of genetic femaleness.

Barr body in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Barr body in the British & World English dictionary