Etymology

kinetochore

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Today it means: The protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χῶρος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχῶρος“space, locality”
  2. English todaykinetochore

From kineto- + Ancient Greek χῶρος (khôros, “space, locality”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχῶρος all →

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