"centromere" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛntɹə(ʊ)mɪə/ [UK], /ˈsɛntɹəˌmiɚ/ [US] Forms: centromeres [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Centromer, corresponding to centro- + -mere (from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”)). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Centromer}} German Centromer, {{affix|en|centro-|-mere}} centro- + -mere, {{der|en|grc|μέρος||part}} Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} centromere (plural centromeres)
  1. (genetics) The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled. Wikipedia link: centromere Categories (topical): Genetics Derived forms: anticentromere, autocentromere, centromeral, centromerelike, centromeric, holocentromere, neocentromere, pericentromere Translations (region of a eukaryotic chromosome): centròmer [masculine] (Catalan), 著絲粒 (Chinese Mandarin), 著丝粒 (Chinese Mandarin), 着丝粒 (zhuósīlì) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 中節 (Chinese Mandarin), 中节 (zhōngjié) (Chinese Mandarin), centromera [feminine] (Czech), tsentromeer (Estonian), sentromeeri (Finnish), centromère [masculine] (French), Zentromer [neuter] (German), κεντρομερές (kentromerés) [neuter] (Greek), ceintrimír [feminine] (Irish), centromero [masculine] (Italian), セントロメア (sentoromea) (Japanese), 動原体 (dōgentai) (alt: どうげんたい) (Japanese), 중심립 (jungsimnip) (Korean), centromēra [feminine] (Latvian), centrómero [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), centrômero [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), центроме́ра (centroméra) [feminine] (Russian), centrómero [masculine] (Spanish), centromer (Swedish), sentromer (Turkish), đoạn trung tâm (Vietnamese), centromer [masculine] (Welsh), sentromer [masculine] (Welsh)

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "centroméra",
      "sense": "region of a eukaryotic chromosome",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "центроме́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "region of a eukaryotic chromosome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "centrómero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "region of a eukaryotic chromosome",
      "word": "centromer"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "region of a eukaryotic chromosome",
      "word": "sentromer"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "region of a eukaryotic chromosome",
      "word": "đoạn trung tâm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "region of a eukaryotic chromosome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "centromer"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "region of a eukaryotic chromosome",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sentromer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "centromere"
}

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