kinetochore

[ ki-nee-tuh-kawr, -kohr, -net-uh-, kahy- ]
/ kɪˈni təˌkɔr, -ˌkoʊr, -ˈnɛt ə-, kaɪ- /

noun

Biology. the place on either side of the centromere to which the spindle fibers are attached during cell division.

Origin of kinetochore

1930–35; kineto- + -chore < Greek chṓros place

Medical definitions for kinetochore

kinetochore
[ kə-nĕtə-kôr′, -nētə-, kī- ]

n.

centromere