See Also: Chromosome, acentric(health)
acentric chromosome(medicine)
Acentric chromosome(health)
acentric(medicine)
acentric(dictionary)
acentric fragment(medicine)
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Chromosome, acentric (health)


A fragment of a chromosome (one of the microscopically visible carriers of the genetic material DNA) that is lacking a centromere (the "waist" of the chromosome essential for the division and the retention of the chromosome in the cell) and so is lost when the cell divides.