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Acentric

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not centered; without a centre
Adjective
  1. 1
    not centered or having no center wordnet
  2. 2
    lacking a centromere wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromere

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”). By surface analysis, a- + centric.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”, privative prefix) + κέντρο (kéntro, “a point, a center”). By surface analysis, a- + centric.

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