Usually means: Two centromeres in one chromosome.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. dicentric: Merriam-Webster
  2. dicentric: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dicentric: Collins English Dictionary
  4. dicentric: Wiktionary
  5. dicentric: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. dicentric: Dictionary.com

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  1. dicentric: Encyclopedia

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  1. dicentric: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  5. dicentric: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dicentric)

▸ adjective:  (genetics) (of a chromosome) Having two centromeres (an aberration)
▸ noun:  A chromosome that has two centromeres.

Similar:
isodicentric, monocentric, polycentric, bicentric, heterodiploid, decaploid, submetacentric, tridecaploid, disomic, dihaploid, more...

Opposite:
acentric, monocentric, unicentric

Types:
aneuploid, monosomic, trisomic, tetrasomic, pentasomic, hexasomic, more...

Phrases:
dicentric chromosome, more...

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Similar:
isodicentric, monocentric, polycentric, bicentric, heterodiploid, decaploid, submetacentric, tridecaploid, disomic, dihaploid, more...

Opposite:
acentric, monocentric, unicentric

Types:
aneuploid, monosomic, trisomic, tetrasomic, pentasomic, hexasomic, more...

Phrases:
dicentric chromosome, more...



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