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telocentric

[ tel-uh-sen-trik ]

adjective

, Genetics.
  1. of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is positioned at its end, creating one chromosome arm. Compare acentric ( def 2 ), acrocentric, metacentric ( def 2 ).


telocentric

/ ˌtɛləˈsɛntrɪk /

adjective

  1. genetics (of a chromosome) having the centromere at or close to the end
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of telocentric1

First recorded in 1940–45; telo- 2 + -centric

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