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centronuclear

centronuclear adjective: describing a group of myopathies where the cell nuclei are abnormally located in the centre of skeletal muscle cells rather than on the periphery.

Adjective

centronuclear (not comparable)

  1. Describing a group of myopathies where the cell nuclei are abnormally located in the centre of skeletal muscle cells rather than on the periphery.

Origin of centronuclear

From centro- + nuclear.

Questions about centronuclear

What does centronuclear mean?
Centronuclear means describing a group of myopathies where the cell nuclei are abnormally located in the centre of skeletal muscle cells rather than on the periphery.
What part of speech is centronuclear?
Centronuclear is an adjective.

Words near centronuclear in the dictionary

  1. centromucronate
  2. centronellid
  3. centronellids
  4. centronelliform
  5. centronuchal
  6. centronuclear
  7. centronucleated
  8. centronucleation
  9. centropagid
  10. centropagids
  11. centroparapophyseal

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