metacentric chromosome

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   a chromosome having two equal arms because the centromere is in median position

   Broaderchromosome

Questions about metacentric chromosome

What does metacentric chromosome mean?

metacentric chromosome means "a chromosome having two equal arms because the centromere is in median position".

Is metacentric chromosome a common word?

metacentric 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.