acentric
acentric · acentrics
A segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromereA segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromere.
Meaning
1 sensesA segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromere.
Origin
From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”)From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”). By surface analysis, a- + centric.
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