HyperDic: acrocentric

English > 1 sense of the word acrocentric:
ADJECTIVEpertacrocentrichaving a subterminal centromere
English > acrocentric: 1 sense > adjective 1, pert
MeaningHaving a subterminal centromere.
Example"an acrocentric chromosome"
Spanishacrocéntrico
Nounscentromerea specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape

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