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telocentric

American

[tel-uh-sen-trik] / ˌtɛl əˈsɛn trɪk /

adjective

Genetics.

of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is positioned at its end, creating one chromosome arm.

telocentric British

/ ˌtɛləˈsɛntrɪk /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of telocentric

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

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