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centromeric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
cen-tromer-ic
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, centromeres.

Etymology

Etymology tree English centromere Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English centromeric From centromere + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more centromeric (comparative) most centromeric (superlative)

Derived Forms

acentromeric apocentromeric centromerically extracentromeric intercentromeric juxtacentromeric neocentromeric noncentromeric pancentromeric paracentromeric pericentromeric precentromeric

Phrases

immunodeficiency-centromeric instability-facial anomalies syndrome

Questions

What does centromeric mean?
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, centromeres.
Where does centromeric come from?
Etymology tree English centromere Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English centromeric From centromere + -ic.

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