HyperDic: acentric

English > 2 senses of the word acentric:
ADJECTIVEpertacentriclacking a centromere
allacentricnot centered or having no center
English > acentric: 2 senses > adjective 1, pert
Meaninglacking a centromere.
Example"an acentric chromosome fragment"
Spanishacéntrico
Nounscentromerea specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape
English > acentric: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaningnot centered or having no center.
Broadereccentric, nonconcentricnot having a common center
Spanishacéntrico

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