Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telocentric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: te-lo-cen-tric
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

(of a chromosome) having the centromere at one end

noun

A chromosome of this kind.

Etymology

From telo- + -centric.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: telo
Suffix: centric

Inflected Forms

telocentrics (plural)

Derived Forms

ditelocentric subtelocentric

Questions

What does telocentric mean?: (of a chromosome) having the centromere at one end
Where does telocentric come from?: From telo- + -centric.

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