METACENTRIC CHROMOSOME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metacentric chromosome mean? 

• METACENTRIC CHROMOSOME (noun)
  The noun METACENTRIC CHROMOSOME has 1 sense:

1. a chromosome having two equal arms because the centromere is in median position

  Familiarity information: METACENTRIC CHROMOSOME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METACENTRIC CHROMOSOME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chromosome having two equal arms because the centromere is in median position

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("metacentric chromosome" is a kind of...):

chromosome (a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order)

 Context examples 

Metacentric chromosomes produced during MEIOSIS or MITOSIS when the CENTROMERE splits transversely instead of longitudinally.

(Isochromosome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)