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centrophilic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cen-trophilic
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

(of a chromosome) Tending to cluster near the centre of a mitotic spindle.

Etymology

From centro- + -philic.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more centrophilic (comparative) most centrophilic (superlative)

Derived Forms

centrophilin

Questions

What does centrophilic mean?
(of a chromosome) Tending to cluster near the centre of a mitotic spindle.
Where does centrophilic come from?
From centro- + -philic.

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