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Metacentric

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Metacentric is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to a metacenter.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a metacenter.

More Meanings

  1. (genetics) Of a chromosome: having the centromere approximately in the middle, such that the two arms are of similar length.
  2. A metacentric chromosome.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include centromeric, centromeral, centroidal, centrosomal, centrosomic, barycentric.

centromericcentromeralcentroidalcentrosomalcentrosomicbarycentricneocentromericcentertelocentromericcentriolarcentristcentristicpericentromericcentromerelikecentricipitaltelocentriccentripetalmetasternalorthocentral

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