ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A chromosome with the centromere near one end so that one chromosomal arm is short and one is long

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("acrocentric chromosome" is a kind of...):

chromosome (a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order)

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