CENTROMERIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does centromeric mean? 

• CENTROMERIC (adjective)
  The adjective CENTROMERIC has 1 sense:

1. pertaining to the dense specialized portion of a chromosome to which the spindle attaches during mitosis

  Familiarity information: CENTROMERIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CENTROMERIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pertaining to the dense specialized portion of a chromosome to which the spindle attaches during mitosis

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

Certain allelic variants of the DNMT3B gene cause immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome.

(DNMT3B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)