acrocentric: Meaning and Definition of

ac•ro•cen•tric

Pronunciation: (ak"ru-sen'trik), [key]
— adj. Genetics.
  1. of or pertaining to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is closer to one end than to the other, creating two unequal chromosome arms. Cf. acentric (def. 2),(def. 2),
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