metacentric

English

Adjective

metacentric (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a metacenter
  2. (genetics) (of a chromosome) Having the centromere approximately in the middle, such that the two arms are of similar length

Noun

metacentric (plural metacentrics)

  1. A metacentric chromosome
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