See Also: epen(medicine)
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X chromosome(dictionary)
chromosome 18(medicine)
chromosome 17(medicine)
chromosome 16(medicine)
x chromosome(medicine)
chromosome 14(medicine)

Chromosome, acrocentric (health) and epen (medicine)


Chromosome, acrocentric (health)


A chromosome (one of the microscopically visible carriers of the genetic material DNA) with its centromere (the "waist" of the chromosome) located quite near one end of the chromosome. The "acro-" in acrocentric comes from the Greek "akron" meaning "the end." Humans have 5 pairs of acrocentric chromosomes. Down syndrome (trisomy 21) is due to an extra acrocentric chromosome, namely chromosome 21.





epen (medicine)


epen
<anatomy> See Epencephalon.

Source: Websters Dictionary