Home › Words › C › centisomecentisomecentisome means one hundredth part of the length of a chromosome.EtymologyFrom centi- (“hundredth”) + -some (“(noun combining form) chromosome”).nounOne hundredth part of the length of a chromosomeDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.centesm 68% match — One hundredth part; one percent. vs centisome →centimicron 66% match — A unit of length equal to one-hundredth of a micron. vs centisome →centesimally 63% match — According to a division into 100 parts. vs centisome →subcentromeric 61% match — Below a centromere vs centisome →centimorgan 60% match — A length of chromosome in which an average of 0.01 crossover occurs per generation. vs centisome →centistere 60% match — A unit equal to one hundredth of a stere. vs centisome →centifidous 60% match — Divided into a hundred parts. vs centisome →pericentrosome 59% match — The pericentrosomal area of a chromosome vs centisome →