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ACENTRIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not centered or having no center
Classified under:
Similar:
eccentric; nonconcentric (not having a common center; not concentric)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking a centromere
Example:
an acentric chromosome fragment
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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)
