dicentric

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

di- +‎ centric

Pronunciation[edit]

Rhymes: -ɛntɹɪk

Adjective[edit]

dicentric (not comparable)

(genetics) (of a chromosome) Having two centromeres (an aberration)

Noun[edit]

dicentric (plural dicentrics)

A chromosome that has two centromeres.
- 2015 July 16, “Revisiting Biomarkers of Total-Body and Partial-Body Exposure in a Baboon Model of Irradiation”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:
  Dicentric frequency was determined for at least 250 lymphocytes (or 100 dicentrics) per sample.

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