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TELOCENTRIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does telocentric mean?
• TELOCENTRIC (adjective)
The adjective TELOCENTRIC has 1 sense:
1. having the form of a straight rod because the centromere is in a terminal position
Familiarity information: TELOCENTRIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the form of a straight rod because the centromere is in a terminal position
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
a telocentric chromosome
Pertainym:
centromere (a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape)
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