NUCLEOSOME AND NUCLEOTYPE - A TERMINOLOGICAL CRITICISM

The linguistically hybrid terms nucleosome and nucleotype are synonymo us of karyosome and karyotype, i.e. their linguistically pure forms. B ecause nucleosome and karyosome both mean nuclear body, similarly nucl eotype and karyotype both mean nuclear type. In the current scientific terminology a rather dissimilar meaning, in part due to a lack of kno wledge or to a non-consideration of terminological priorities, is attr ibuted to the above mentioned synonyms. In the present work the author discusses and documents this terminologically chaotic state of affair s.