acentric chromosome

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   a chromosome lacking a centromere

   Broaderchromosome

Questions about acentric chromosome

What does acentric chromosome mean?

acentric chromosome means "a chromosome lacking a centromere".

Is acentric chromosome a common word?

acentric chromosome 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.