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acrocentric

[ak-ruh-sen-trik]
adjective Genetics.
  1. of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is closer to one end than to the other, creating two unequal chromosome arms.Compare acentric(def 2), metacentric(def 2), telocentric.
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Origin of acrocentric

First recorded in 1940–45; acro- + -centric
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British Dictionary definitions for acrocentric

acrocentric

adjective
  1. (of a chromosome) having the centromere at one end
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noun
  1. an acrocentric chromosome
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acrocentric in Medicine

acrocentric

(ăk′rō-sĕn′trĭk)
adj.
  1. Having the centromere located near one end of the chromosome so that one chromosomal arm is long and the other is short.
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Related formsac′ro•cen′tric n.
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