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despiralisation

despiralisation is the alternative form of despiralization.

Meaning of despiralization

Noun

despiralization (countable and uncountable, plural despiralizations)

  1. The uncoiling of chromonema as part of meiosis.
    • When incorporated into DNA, the cytocine cannot be methylated and causes almost complete demethylation of genomic DNA, expressing a despiralization of the condensed chromatin of metaphase chromosomes.2012, Tatiana Tatarinova, DNA Methylation: From Genomics to Technology, page 158

Forms of despiralisation

pluraldespiralisations

Questions about despiralisation

What is despiralisation the alternative form of?
Despiralisation is the alternative form of despiralization.

Words near despiralisation in the dictionary

  1. despines
  2. Despinian
  3. despining
  4. despinning
  5. despins
  6. despiralisation
  7. despiralisations
  8. despiralization
  9. despiralizations
  10. despiralize
  11. despiralized

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