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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.
adjective
- (of a chromosome) having the centromere at one end
noun
- an acrocentric chromosome
adj.
- Having the centromere located near one end of the chromosome so that one chromosomal arm is long and the other is short.