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ACENTRIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acentric mean? 

ACENTRIC (adjective)
  The adjective ACENTRIC has 2 senses:

1. lacking a centromereplay

2. not centered or having no centerplay

  Familiarity information: ACENTRIC used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACENTRIC (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Lacking a centromere

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

an acentric chromosome fragment

Pertainym:

centromere (a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Not centered or having no center

Similar:

eccentric; nonconcentric (not having a common center; not concentric)


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