centrómero
See also: centromero and centrômero
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sẽˈtɾɔ.mɨ.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: cen‧tró‧me‧ro
Noun
centrómero m (plural centrómeros) (European Portuguese spelling)
- (genetics) centromere (region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled)
Further reading
- “centrómero”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From centro and Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θenˈtɾomeɾo/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪ɾo.me.ɾo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /senˈtɾomeɾo/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪ɾo.me.ɾo] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -omeɾo
- Syllabification: cen‧tró‧me‧ro
Noun
centrómero m (plural centrómeros)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “centrómero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025