Home › Words › C › chromocenterchromocenterchromocenter means an irregular mass of heterochromatin in some chromosomes.EtymologyFrom chromo- + center.nounAn irregular mass of heterochromatin in some chromosomesDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chromocentric 75% match — Relating to a chromocentre vs chromocenter →chromocentre 70% match — Synonym of karyosome. vs chromocenter →centrochromatin 69% match — The chromatin from which a centromere is constructed vs chromocenter →pericentrosome 68% match — The pericentrosomal area of a chromosome vs chromocenter →chromobox 67% match — Any of a class of proteins associated with heterochromatin vs chromocenter →protochromosome 65% match — A mass of chromatin in a cell nucleus that develops into a chromosome vs chromocenter →chromonema 65% match — The central coiled filament of a chromatid upon which the chromomeres lie vs chromocenter →chromomere 64% match — Any of a group of beadlike granules of chromatin that constitutes a chromosome during cell division. vs chromocenter →