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acrocentric

[ ak-ruh-sen-trik ]

adjective

, Genetics.
  1. of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is closer to one end than to the other, creating two unequal chromosome arms. Compare acentric ( def 2 ), metacentric ( def 2 ), telocentric.


acrocentric

/ ˌækrəʊˈsɛntrɪk /

adjective

  1. (of a chromosome) having the centromere at one end


noun

  1. an acrocentric chromosome

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Word History and Origins

Origin of acrocentric1

First recorded in 1940–45; acro- + -centric

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