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despiralization

despiralization noun: the uncoiling of chromonema as part of meiosis.

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 despiralization

pluraldespiralizations

Questions about despiralization

What does despiralization mean?
Despiralization means the uncoiling of chromonema as part of meiosis.
What part of speech is despiralization?
Despiralization is a noun.
What is the plural of despiralization?
The plural of despiralization is despiralizations.

Words near despiralization in the dictionary

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

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