Etymology

pericentromeric

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Today it means: Situated near, or on each side of, the centromere of a chromosome Full definition →

English centromeric ← Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́) ← Proto-Indo-European *per-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
  3. Englishperi-
  4. Englishcentromeric
  5. English todaypericentromeric

From peri- + centromeric.

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