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acrocentric

American  
[ak-ruh-sen-trik] / ˌæk rəˈsɛn trɪk /

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.

acrocentric British  
/ ˌækrəʊˈsɛntrɪk /

adjective

  1. (of a chromosome) having the centromere at one end

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noun

  1. an acrocentric chromosome

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Etymology

Origin of acrocentric

First recorded in 1940–45; acro- + -centric

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