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Word: Centromere
Speech Type: Noun
early 20th century (originally denoting a region within the oocyst of a malaria parasite): from Latin centrum (see centre) + Greek meros ‘part’. The current sense dates from the 1930s
ˈsɛntrə(ʊ)mɪə
the region of a chromosome to which the microtubules of the spindle attach, via the kinetochore, during cell division.
Short Definition:point on chromosome by which it is attached to spindle fibre during cell division
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