TELOCENTRIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the form of a straight rod because the centromere is in a terminal position

Example:

a telocentric chromosome

Classified under:

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)

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