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acentric /acen·tric/ (a-sen´trik)
1. not central; not located in the center.
2. lacking a centromere, so that the chromosome will not survive cell divisions.
a·cen·tric (-sntrk)
adj.
1. Having no center.
2. Not located in the center.
3. Of or relating to a chromosome fragment lacking a centromere.
acentric
[āsen′trik]
Etymology: Gk, a + kentron, not center
1 having no center.
2 (in genetics) describing a chromosome fragment that has no centromere.
acentric
1. not central; not located in the center.
2. a chromatid or chromosome which lacks a centromere.


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