histone

Borrowed from German Histon, perhaps from Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi, “make stand”) or ἱστός (histós, “loom”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪstəʊn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪstoʊn/

histone (plural histones)

1. (biochemistry) Any of various simple water-soluble proteins that are rich in the basic amino acids lysine and arginine and are complexed with DNA in the nucleosomes of eukaryotic chromatin.

• this one, honiest, Hinotes, noiseth, thiones

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histone f (plural histones)

1. (biochemistry) histone

• “histone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.