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dicentric /di·cen·tric/ (di-sen´trik)

1. pertaining to, developing from, or having two centers.

2. having two centromeres.

di·cen·tric (d

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adj.

Having two centromeres.

dicentric

[desen′trik]

Etymology: Gk, di, twice, kentron, center

(in genetics) pertaining to a structurally abnormal chromosome with two centromeres.

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