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Centric-fusion translocation(health)
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Robertsonian translocation
<molecular biology> A special type of nonreciprocal translocation in chromosomes whereby the long arms of two nonhomologous acrocentric chromosomes are attached to a single centromere.

The short arms become attached to form a reciprocal structure that however often disappears some divisions after its formation.