acrocentric

[ ak-ruh-sen-trik ]
/ ˌæk rəˈsɛn trɪk /

adjective Genetics.

of or relating to any chromosome or chromatid whose centromere is closer to one end than to the other, creating two unequal chromosome arms. Compare acentric(def 2), metacentric(def 2), telocentric.

Origin of acrocentric

First recorded in 1940–45; acro- + -centric

Words nearby acrocentric

acrobatic, acrobatics, acroblast, acrobrachycephaly, acrocarpous, acrocentric, acrocentric chromosome, acrocephalopolysyndactyly, acrocephalosyndactyly, acrocephaly, acrochordon

British Dictionary definitions for acrocentric

acrocentric
/ (ˌækrəʊˈsɛntrɪk) /

adjective

(of a chromosome) having the centromere at one end

noun

an acrocentric chromosome

Medical definitions for acrocentric

acrocentric
[ ăk′rō-sĕn′trĭk ]

adj.

Having the centromere located near one end of the chromosome so that one chromosomal arm is long and the other is short.

Other words from acrocentric

ac′ro•cen′tric n.