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centro-Centrobaric
Centrobaric method
Centrocercus
Centrocercus urophasianus
Centrode
centroid
centroidal
Centrolabrus exoletus
Centrolecithal
Centrolinead
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Centrolobium
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Centrolophus pompilus
centromeric
Centropistes striata
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Centropristis
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Centropus
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Centrosema
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape; "the centromere is difficult to sequence" [syn: centromere, kinetochore]
Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: circa 1925 the point or region on a chromosome to which the spindle attaches during mitosis and meiosis • centromeric adjective
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. Biol. the point on a chromosome to which the spindle is attached during cell division. Etymology: L centrum centre + Gk meros part
