submetacentric

== English == === Etymology === From sub- + metacentric. === Adjective === submetacentric (not comparable) (cytology) (of a chromosome) having the centromere between one end and the middle, and thus having a long arm, and a short arm ==== See also ==== telocentric acrocentric metacentric === Noun === submetacentric (plural submetacentrics) A submetacentric chromosome.