acentric

1. 1.

   lacking a centromere

   “an acentric chromosome fragment”
2. 2.

   not centered or having no center

   Similareccentric

Questions about acentric

What does acentric mean?

acentric means "lacking a centromere". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in acentric?

acentric has 3 syllables: a-cen-tric. The stress falls on "cen".

Is acentric a common word?

acentric is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.