CENTROMERIC

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pertaining to the dense specialized portion of a chromosome to which the spindle attaches during mitosis

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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)

Derivation:

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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