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tetrahelical

tetrahelical adjective: composed of four helices (especially of a nucleic acid fold, or of a protein).

Adjective

tetrahelical (not comparable)

  1. Composed of four helices (especially of a nucleic acid fold, or of a protein)
  2. Relating to a tetrahelix

Origin of tetrahelical

From tetra- + helical.

Questions about tetrahelical

What does tetrahelical mean?
Tetrahelical means composed of four helices (especially of a nucleic acid fold, or of a protein).
What part of speech is tetrahelical?
Tetrahelical is an adjective.

Words near tetrahelical in the dictionary

  1. tetrahedrites
  2. tetrahedrization
  3. tetrahedrizations
  4. tetrahedron
  5. tetrahedrons
  6. tetrahelical
  7. tetrahelices
  8. tetrahelix
  9. tetrahelixes
  10. tetraheme
  11. tetrahemihexahedra

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