See Also: acentric chromosome(medicine)
Chromosome, acentric(health)
Acentric chromosome(health)
acentric(dictionary)
acentric(medicine)
acentric fragment(medicine)
feel(2)(dictionary)
feel(1)(dictionary)
feel(medicine)
Look and Feel(money)

feel 2, noun (oh) and Acentric chromosome (health)


feel 2, noun (oh)



2 S3 n
[singular] a quality that something has that makes you feel or think a particular way about it
::Despite their age, the photographs have a modern feel.
feel about
::The restaurant has a nice relaxed feel about it.
[singular] the way that something feels when you touch it
feel of
::I like the feel of this cloth.
::a soft feathery feel
have/get/give a feel for sth
informal to have or develop an understanding of something and skill in doing it
::exercises that give a child a feel for numbers and measurements
[U] when you use your hands, body etc to feel something
-synonym touch touch by feel
::She found the light switch by feel.

Acentric chromosome (health)


"A fragment of a chromosome (one of the microscopically visible carriers of the genetic material DNA) that is lacking a centromere (the ""waist"" of the chromosome essential for the division and the retention of the chromosome in the cell) and so is lost when the cell divides."