dicentric
dicentric adjective: (of a chromosome) Having two centromeres (an aberration).
Adjective
dicentric (not comparable)
- (of a chromosome) Having two centromeres (an aberration)
Noun
dicentric (plural dicentrics)
- A chromosome that has two centromeres.
- Dicentric frequency was determined for at least 250 lymphocytes (or 100 dicentrics) per sample.2015 July 16, “Revisiting Biomarkers of Total-Body and Partial-Body Exposure in a Baboon Model of Irradiation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
dicentric meaning in Tamil
dicentric in Tamil
- துவி மையமுள்ள, இருமைய, இருமையங்கள் உள்ள
Forms of dicentric
| plural | dicentrics |
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Origin of dicentric
From di- + centric.
Words formed from dicentric
Words that rhyme with dicentric
- eccentric
- allocentric
- centric
- egocentric
- bicentric
- concentric
- excentric
- geocentric
- heliocentric
- psychocentric
- acentric
- Americocentric
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Questions about dicentric
- What does dicentric mean?
- Dicentric means (of a chromosome) Having two centromeres (an aberration).
- What is dicentric in Tamil?
- Dicentric in Tamil is துவி மையமுள்ள, இருமைய, இருமையங்கள் உள்ள. See Dicentric meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dicentric?
- Dicentric can be an adjective or a noun.
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