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CENTROMERIC
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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
Classified under:
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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