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acentric

acent·ric

uncommon

adjective

1.

lacking a centromere

  • “an acentric chromosome fragment”
2.

not centered or having no center

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Origin

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”). By surface analysis, a- + centric.

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