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Word: Acrocentric
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
1940s. From acro- + -centric
Definition:
Of a chromosome: having the centromere close to one end, so that one arm is much shorter than the other Compare "metacentric", "telocentric".
Word: Acrocentric
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1940s. From acro- + -centric
Definition:
An acrocentric chromosome.
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