WordNet: centromere, kinetochore
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"
- part holonym chromosome
centromere
- (englanti) centromeric (derivationally related)
- (suomi) sentromeeri (synonyymi)
kinetochore
- (suomi) kinetokori (synonyymi)