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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: cen‧tró‧me‧ro
Noun
centrómero m (plural centrómeros) (European Portuguese spelling)
- (genetics) centromere (region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled)
Spanish
Etymology
From centro and Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θenˈtɾomeɾo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /senˈtɾomeɾo/
- Rhymes: -omeɾo
- Syllabification: cen‧tró‧me‧ro
Noun
centrómero m (plural centrómeros)
- centromere
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