English noun: centromere | |||
| 1. | centromere (body) a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape | ||
| Samples | The centromere is difficult to sequence. | ||
| Synonyms | kinetochore | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure | ||
| Part meronym | chromosome | ||