ACENTRIC - Definition

Pronunciation:		ey'sentrik
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[adj] not centered or having no center [adj] lacking a centromere; "an acentric chromosome fragment"

	Synonyms:	eccentric, nonconcentric


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\A*cen"tric\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + ? a point, a center.] Not centered; without a center.

Biology Dictionary

	Definition:	This term refers to a chromosome or chromatid that lacks a centromere; this condition can result during crossing over in which the normal, centromere-containing segment is replaced by an inverted segment that lacks a centromere.