Medical Definition of Paracentric inversion

1. A basic type of chromosome rearrangement. A segment that does not include the centromere (and so is paracentric) has been snipped out of a chromosome, turned through 180 degrees (inverted), and inserted right back into its original location in chromosome. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paracentric Inversion

paracelsian method
Paracelsus
Paracelsus
paracenesthesia
paracentesis
paracentesis
paracentetic
paracentral
paracentral artery
paracentral fissure
paracentral lobule
paracentral nucleus of thalamus
paracentral scotoma
paracentral scotoma
paracentrical
paracentric inversion (current term)
paracervical
paracervical block
paracervical block anaesthesia
paracervix
paracetaldehyde
paracetamol
Paracheirodon
Paracheirodon axelrodi
parachlorophenol
paracholera
parachor
parachordal
parachordal cartilage
parachordal plate

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