Dictionary.com Thesaurus.com

dicentric

American

[dahy-sen-trik] / daɪˈsɛn trɪk /

adjective

(of a chromosome or chromatid) having two centromeres.

Etymology

Origin of dicentric

First recorded in 1935–40; di- ¹ + -centric

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.