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Definition of Metacentric

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the metacenter.

2. Adjective. Having two equal arms because of the median position of the centromere. "A metacentric chromosome"

Definition of Metacentric

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a metacenter ¹

2. Adjective. (genetics) (''of a chromosome'') Having the centromere approximately in the middle, such that the two arms are of similar length ¹

3. Noun. A metacentric chromosome ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Metacentric

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Metacentric

1. Descriptive of a chromosome that has its centromere (kinetochore) at or near the middle of the chromosome, as opposed to acrocentric with the centromere near one end. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metacentric

metacarpal veins metacarpals metacarpectomy metacarpi metacarpohypothenar reflex metacarpophalangeal metacarpophalangeal articulations metacarpophalangeal joint metacarpophalangeal joints metacarpothenar reflex

metacarpus metacenter metacenters metacentre metacentres metacentric (current term) metacentric chromosome metacentric stability metacentrics metacercaria

metacercariae metacercarial metacetone metacharacter metacharacters metachloral metachromasia metachromasy metachromatic

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