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Definition of Acrocentric
1. Adjective. Having a subterminal centromere. "An acrocentric chromosome"
Definition of Acrocentric
1. Adjective. (genetics of a chromosome) Having the centromere very near to one end, and thus having a long arm, and a very short arm. ¹
2. Noun. A chromosome that has the centromere very near to one end, and thus has a long arm, and a very short arm. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acrocentric
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Acrocentric
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Acrocentric
Literary usage of Acrocentric
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... and Ford in England observed that patients with mongolism had 47 chromosomes;
the additional small, acrocentric chromosome was arbitrarily labeled a No. ..."
2. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"The diploid number of chromosomes is 44. Of the 42 autosomes, 32 are meta- centric
or submetacentric and l0 are acrocentric (Pakes, ..."
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