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centromere

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Noun

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cen=tro=mere

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun centromere has 1 sense

centromere(n = noun.body) kinetochore - a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape; "the centromere is difficult to sequence"

is a kind of anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure

is a part of chromosome

Derived form adjective centromeric₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

centromere, n.

a specialized condensed region of a chromosomes that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape. [WordNet 1.5]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

centromere, n. Biol. the point on a chromosome to which the spindle is attached during cell division.

Etymology

L centrum centre + Gk meros part

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