ki·net·o·chore (k -n t -kôr , -k r, -n t-, k -)n. Either of two submicroscopic attachment points for chromosomal microtubules, present on each centromere during the process of cell division. [kineto- + Greek kh ros, place; see -chore.] |
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| Noun | 1. | kinetochore - a specialized condensed region of each chromosome that appears during mitosis where the chromatids are held together to form an X shape; "the centromere is difficult to sequence" anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure" chromosome - a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes" |
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