centromere
/sɛntrə,mir/
noun
10 letters3 syllables14 points in Scrabble®17 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS1
NOUN
1
A specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape.
“the centromere is difficult to sequence”
WORD FORMS
Related formcentromeric
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®14 points
Words With Friends®17 points
Double word28 points
Triple word42 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinentromerecay
Starts & ends withC … E
Syllablescen · tro · mere
SYNONYMS & RELATED2
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