Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonacrocentric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nonacro-cen-tric
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the centromere near the middle, and thus having roughly equal-sized arms.

Example Sentences

"The derivative that is lacking is formed by the complete acrocentric short arm and the proximal long arm segment and perhaps a terminal segment from the nonacrocentric chromosome."
"In other words, acrocentric-derived sSMC tend to be transmitted more easily from one generation to the next than nonacrocentric ones; the first can apparently survive male and female meiosis more easily, whereas nonacrocentric ones seem to face more problems there."
"Gabriel-Robez et al. have shown a ratio of 1:4 for translocations with an acrocentric present, compared with nonacrocentric translocations in fertile males."

Etymology

From non- + acrocentric.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Inflected Forms

more nonacrocentric (comparative) most nonacrocentric (superlative)

Questions

What does nonacrocentric mean?: Having the centromere near the middle, and thus having roughly equal-sized arms.
Where does nonacrocentric come from?: From non- + acrocentric.

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