acentric
nounEtymology From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”). By surface analysis, a- + centric.
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A segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromere
acentric
adjEtymology From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”). By surface analysis, a- + centric.
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Not centered; without a centre
- Derived terms
- acentric factor