his|tone

his|tone
his|tone «HIHS tohn», noun.
Biochemistry. any one of a class of proteins, such as globin, that are basic in reaction and are soluble in water. They often occur in combination with nucleic acid.
[< German Histon < Greek histánai to stay, stand + German -on -one (apparently because it halts coagulation)]

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