Usually means: Protein complex attaching chromosomes to spindles.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. kinetochore: Merriam-Webster
  2. kinetochore: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. kinetochore: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. kinetochore: Collins English Dictionary
  5. kinetochore: Vocabulary.com
  6. kinetochore: Wordnik
  7. kinetochore: Wiktionary
  8. kinetochore: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. kinetochore: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. kinetochore: Dictionary.com
  11. Kinetochore: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. kinetochore: Rhymezone
  13. kinetochore: FreeDictionary.org
  14. kinetochore: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. kinetochore: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. kinetochore: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. kinetochore: 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. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  6. kinetochore: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (kinetochore)

noun:  (biology) The protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis.

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