telocentric

[ tel-uh-sen-trik ]

adjectiveGenetics.

of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is positioned at its end, creating one chromosome arm.: Compare acentric (def. 2), acrocentric, metacentric (def. 2).

Origin of telocentric

First recorded in 1940–45; telo-² + -centric

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British Dictionary definitions for telocentric

telocentric

/ (ˌtɛləˈsɛntrɪk) /

adjective

genetics (of a chromosome) having the centromere at or close to the end

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