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acentrosomal

acentrosomal adjective: not centrosomal.

Adjective

acentrosomal (not comparable)

  1. Not centrosomal.
    • Note that the acentrosomal spindle pole completely lacks astral MTs and is associated with much less ER than the centrosome-containing pole.2015 August 19, Jeremy T. Smyth et al., “Proper symmetric and asymmetric endoplasmic reticulum partitioning requires astral microtubules”, in Open Biology, volume 5, →DOI

Origin of acentrosomal

From a- + centrosomal.

Questions about acentrosomal

What does acentrosomal mean?
Acentrosomal means not centrosomal.
What part of speech is acentrosomal?
Acentrosomal is an adjective.

Words near acentrosomal in the dictionary

  1. acentricities
  2. acentricity
  3. acentrics
  4. acentriolar
  5. acentromeric
  6. acentrosomal
  7. acentrosomally
  8. acentrous
  9. ACEO
  10. ACEP
  11. aceperone

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