Definitions for "Paracentric inversion"
A type of chromosome inversion that is confined to material on one arm of a chromosome, so that the inverted segment does not span the centromere. Do not usually cause clinical problems. (cf pericentric inversion)
An inversion in which the breakpoints are confined to one arm of a chromosome; the inverted segment does not span the centromere
an inversion that excludes the centromere