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telocentric

telocentric adjective: (of a chromosome) having the centromere at one end.

Adjective

telocentric (not comparable)

  1. (of a chromosome) having the centromere at one end

Noun

telocentric (plural telocentrics)

  1. A chromosome of this kind.

Forms of telocentric

pluraltelocentrics

Origin of telocentric

From telo- + -centric.

Words formed from telocentric

Questions about telocentric

What does telocentric mean?
Telocentric means (of a chromosome) having the centromere at one end.
What part of speech is telocentric?
Telocentric can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near telocentric in the dictionary

  1. teloanamorphic
  2. teloanamorphosis
  3. teloblast
  4. teloblastic
  5. teloblasts
  6. telocentric
  7. telocentrics
  8. telocentromeric
  9. telocentrosome
  10. telocentrosomes
  11. telocinobufagin

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