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ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does acrocentric chromosome mean?
• ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME (noun)
The noun ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME has 1 sense:
1. a chromosome with the centromere near one end so that one chromosomal arm is short and one is long
Familiarity information: ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chromosome with the centromere near one end so that one chromosomal arm is short and one is long
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("acrocentric chromosome" is a kind of...):
chromosome (a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order)
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