D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

centromere

· IPA /ˈsɛntɹəˌmiɚ/
01 n. a specialized condensed region of a chromosomes that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape.
  1. 1.
    a specialized condensed region of a chromosomes that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape.(Biol.)