See Also: pericentric(dictionary)
pericentric inversion(medicine)
Chromosome inversion, pericentric(health)

pericentric (iou)



pericentric adjective. M19.
[from PERI- + -CENTRIC.]
Arranged or situated around a centre or central body. M19.
Cytology. Involving parts of a chromosome at both sides of the centromere. Freq. in pericentric inversion. Opp. PARACENTRIC adjective 2. M20.