Usually means: Region linking chromatids, controls separation.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. centromere: Merriam-Webster
  2. centromere: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. centromere: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. centromere: Collins English Dictionary
  5. centromere: Vocabulary.com
  6. centromere: Wordnik
  7. centromere: Wiktionary
  8. centromere: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. centromere: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. centromere: Dictionary.com
  11. Centromere: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. centromere: Rhymezone
  13. centromere: FreeDictionary.org
  14. centromere: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. centromere: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. centromere: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. centromere: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Centromere: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  7. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)
  8. centromere: Medical dictionary
  9. Centromere: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. Centromere: Biology dictionary
  3. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  5. centromere: Evolution Glossary
  6. AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (centromere)

noun:  (genetics) The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.

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