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treadmilling

treadmilling noun: the apparent locomotion of certain cellular filaments by adding protein subunits at one end, and removing them at the other. Also the present participle and gerund of treadmill.

Noun

treadmilling (uncountable)

  1. The apparent locomotion of certain cellular filaments by adding protein subunits at one end, and removing them at the other.

Also used as

treadmilling is also the present participle and gerund of treadmill.

Questions about treadmilling

What does treadmilling mean?
Treadmilling means the apparent locomotion of certain cellular filaments by adding protein subunits at one end, and removing them at the other.
What part of speech is treadmilling?
Treadmilling is a noun.

Words near treadmilling in the dictionary

  1. treadlings
  2. treadmill
  3. treadmilled
  4. treadmiller
  5. treadmillers
  6. treadmilling
  7. treadmills
  8. treadplate
  9. treadplates
  10. treads
  11. treads a measure

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