Barr body
a condensed, inactivated x chromosome present in most female mammals in the nuclei of all cells except the germ cells: used, as in sports compet-tions, to verify that an individual is genetically female.
barr body (bär)
n.
the condensed, inactive, single x-chromosome found in the nuclei of somatic cells of most female mammals and whose presence is the basis of s-x determination tests that are performed, for example, on athletes. also called s-x chromatin.
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