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centromere

UK/ˈsɛntɹə(ʊ)mɪə/US/ˈsɛntɹəˌmiɚ/

centromere noun: the central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.

Noun

centromere (plural centromeres)

  1. The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.
    • The aberrant bivalents with single terminal chiasmata are specially liable to this failure of orientation, presumably because their centromeres lie exceptionally far apart, as is the case in similar circumstances in a Lilium hybrid with reduced chiasma-frequency.1936, C. D. Darlington, “The Analysis of Chromosome Movements, I. Podophyllum versipelle”, in Cytologia, volume 7, numbers 1-2, page 242
    • Every chromosome has a long arm and a short arm separated by a pinch point known as a centromere.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2000, page 16

centromere meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Vietnamese

centromere in Hindi

centromere
गुणसूत्रबिंदु guṇsūtrabindu

centromere in Tamil

சென்ட்ரோமியர், மையப்பாத்து, நடுப்பிணை, இணை மணி, திரிமையம்

centromere in Vietnamese

region of a eukaryotic chromosome
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Forms of centromere

pluralcentromeres

Origin of centromere

Borrowed from German Centromer, corresponding to centro- + -mere (from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”)).

Words formed from centromere

Questions about centromere

What does centromere mean?
Centromere means the central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.
What is centromere in Hindi?
Centromere in Hindi is गुणसूत्रबिंदु (guṇsūtrabindu). See Centromere meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is centromere?
Centromere is a noun.
How do you pronounce centromere?
Centromere is pronounced /ˈsɛntɹə(ʊ)mɪə/ (UK).
What is the plural of centromere?
The plural of centromere is centromeres.

Words near centromere in the dictionary

  1. centromedial
  2. centromedian
  3. centromedullary
  4. centromer
  5. centromeral
  6. centromere
  7. centromerelike
  8. centromeres
  9. centromeric
  10. centromerically
  11. centromers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: centromere (page history and authors); गुणसूत्रबिंदु (Hindi) (page history and authors); centromere (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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