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interhelical

interhelical adjective: between helices, especially between the helices of polypeptides or nucleic acids.

Adjective

interhelical (not comparable)

  1. Between helices, especially between the helices of polypeptides or nucleic acids.

Origin of interhelical

From inter- + helical.

Questions about interhelical

What does interhelical mean?
Interhelical means between helices, especially between the helices of polypeptides or nucleic acids.
What part of speech is interhelical?
Interhelical is an adjective.

Words near interhelical in the dictionary

  1. interhalogen compounds
  2. interhalogens
  3. interhamlet
  4. interhaplogroup
  5. interhaplome
  6. interhelical
  7. interhelically
  8. interhelix
  9. interhemal
  10. interhemicerebral
  11. interhemidesmosomal

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