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acrocentric
adjective
ac·ro·cen·tric
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Definition of acrocentric
: having the centromere situated so that one chromosomal arm is much shorter than the other
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acrocentric
adjective
ac·ro·cen·tric
| \ ˌak-rō-ˈsen-trik
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\
Medical Definition of acrocentric
: having the centromere situated so that one chromosomal arm is much shorter than the other — compare metacentric, telocentric
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