Home › Words › P › pericentromerepericentromerepericentromere means the area around a centromere.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, pericentromere ranks #36,621 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom peri- + centromere.nounThe area around a centromereDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).