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centrophilic

centrophilic adjective: (of a chromosome) Tending to cluster near the centre of a mitotic spindle.

Adjective

centrophilic (comparative more centrophilic, superlative most centrophilic)

  1. (of a chromosome) Tending to cluster near the centre of a mitotic spindle.

Forms of centrophilic

comparativemore centrophilic
superlativemost centrophilic

Origin of centrophilic

From centro- + -philic.

Words formed from centrophilic

Questions about centrophilic

What does centrophilic mean?
Centrophilic means (of a chromosome) Tending to cluster near the centre of a mitotic spindle.
What part of speech is centrophilic?
Centrophilic is an adjective.

Words near centrophilic in the dictionary

  1. centroparapophyseal
  2. centroparietal
  3. centroparietally
  4. centroperipheral
  5. centrophenoxine
  6. centrophilic
  7. centrophilin
  8. centrophilins
  9. centrophobia
  10. centrophobic
  11. centrophobism

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