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ACENTRIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acentric mean?
• ACENTRIC (adjective)
The adjective ACENTRIC has 2 senses:
1. lacking a centromere
2. not centered or having no center
Familiarity information: ACENTRIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking a centromere
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
an acentric chromosome fragment
Pertainym:
centromere (a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not centered or having no center
Similar:
eccentric; nonconcentric (not having a common center; not concentric)
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