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noun
The protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: centromere
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
History
From kineto- + Ancient Greek χῶρος (khôros, “space”).
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
