TELOCENTRIC CHROMOSOME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does telocentric chromosome mean? 

• TELOCENTRIC CHROMOSOME (noun)
  The noun TELOCENTRIC CHROMOSOME has 1 sense:

1. a chromosome like a straight rod with the centromere in terminal position

  Familiarity information: TELOCENTRIC CHROMOSOME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELOCENTRIC CHROMOSOME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chromosome like a straight rod with the centromere in terminal position

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("telocentric chromosome" is a kind of...):

chromosome (a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order)