ADJECTIVE | pert | acentric | lacking a centromere |
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all | acentric | not centered or having no center |
Meaning | lacking a centromere. | |
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Example | "an acentric chromosome fragment" | |
Spanish | acéntrico | |
Nouns | centromere | a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape |
Meaning | not centered or having no center. | |
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Broader | eccentric, nonconcentric | not having a common center |
Spanish | acéntrico |
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