centromere
English
/ˈsɛntɹə(ʊ)mɪə/, /ˈsɛntɹəˌmiɚ/
noun
Definitions
- (genetics) The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Centromer derived from Ancient Greek μέρος (part, portion, component, destiny, a part, share, fate, lot).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μέρος
Gloss
part, portion, component, destiny, a part, share, fate, lot
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -mer English
- -mere English
- acentromeric English
- anticentromere English
- apocentromeric English
- centromerelike English
- centromeric English
- centromerically English
- epimeron English
- holocentromere English
- intercentromeric English
- juxtacentromeric English
- mereology English
- meristics English
- meronym English
- meronymy English
- meropic English
- neocentromere English
- neocentromeric English
- noncentromeric English
- pancentromeric English
- paracentromeric English
- pericentromere English
- pericentromeric English
- precentromeric English
- subcentromeric English
- telocentromeric English
- mereologia Finnish
- sentromeeri Finnish
- Centromer German
- centrómero Spanish, Castilian
- μέρος Ancient Greek
- τέλος Ancient Greek
- τρία Ancient Greek
- ἑπταμερής Ancient Greek
- ὅμοιος Ancient Greek
- *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European
- polymer Norwegian Bokmål
- セントロメア Japanese
- polymer Norwegian Nynorsk
- -méir Irish
- μέρος Greek (modern)
- -мер Bulgarian
- -mer
- -mere
- meropic
- meronym
- meronymy
- epimeron
- meristics
- mereology
- centromeric
- acentromeric
- neocentromere
- holocentromere
- anticentromere
- apocentromeric
- noncentromeric
- neocentromeric
- centromerelike
- precentromeric
- pericentromere
- subcentromeric
- pancentromeric
- telocentromeric
- centromerically
- paracentromeric
- pericentromeric
- intercentromeric
- juxtacentromeric