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neocentric

neocentric adjective: in which secondary sites in some chromosomes act as sites of attachment of spindle fibres.

Adjective

neocentric (not comparable)

  1. In which secondary sites in some chromosomes act as sites of attachment of spindle fibres

Origin of neocentric

From neo- + centric.

Questions about neocentric

What does neocentric mean?
Neocentric means in which secondary sites in some chromosomes act as sites of attachment of spindle fibres.
What part of speech is neocentric?
Neocentric is an adjective.

Words near neocentric in the dictionary

  1. neocatastrophist
  2. neocatastrophists
  3. Neocatechumenal
  4. neocembrene
  5. Neocene
  6. neocentric
  7. neocentromere
  8. neocentromeres
  9. neocentromeric
  10. neocentromerization
  11. neocentrophyid

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