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adj
Having many centres, especially centres of authority or control
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adj
(of a chromosome, etc) Having multiple central parts
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Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
A chromosome, etc. having multiple central parts.
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Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *polh1ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der. English -centric English polycentric From poly- + -centric.
