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acentric
acentrichaving no center; not centered
Not to be confused with:eccentric – strange, weird, bizarre; deviating from customs or practice; erratic; peculiar: an eccentric hermitacentric (eɪˈsɛntrɪk) adj1. without a centre2. not on centre; eccentric3. (Genetics) genetics (of a chromosome or chromosome fragment) lacking a centromeren (Genetics) an acentric chromosome or fragmenta•cen•tric (eɪˈsɛn trɪk)
adj. 1. not centered; having no center. 2. (of a chromosome) lacking a centromere. [1850–55] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  acentric - lacking a centromere; "an acentric chromosome fragment" | | 2. |  acentric - not centered or having no center nonconcentric, eccentric - not having a common center; not concentric; "eccentric circles" |
Translationsacentric
acentric[‚ā′sen·trik] (biology) Not oriented around a middle point. (genetics) A chromosome or chromosome fragment lacking a centromere. acentric
acentric [a-sen´trik] 1. not central; not located in the center.2. lacking a centromere, so that the chromosome will not survive cell divisions.a·cen·tric (ā-sen'trik), Do not confuse this word with eccentric.Lacking a center; in cytogenetics, denoting a chromosome fragment without a centromere. [G. a- priv. + kentron, center] Acentric Referring to a chromosome that lacks a centromere, as occurs with inversion heterozygotes, which is due to unequal crossover between chromosomes during meiosis.a·cen·tric (ā-sen'trik) 1. Lacking a center. 2. cytogenetics Denoting a chromosome fragment without a centromere. [G. a- priv. + kentron, center]acentric
Related to acentric: acentric chromosome, AccentureWords related to acentricadj not centered or having no centerRelated Words |