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Fusiform

Shaped like a spindle; tapering at each end; as, a fusiform root; a fusiform cell.

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Pointed 84% connected

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oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Spindle-shaped 92% connected

Having the shape of a spindle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Acceptor RNA noun · 78% connection

RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach…

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Acorn noun · 78% connection

A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.

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Amphiaster noun · 78% connection

The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fiber…

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Apoptosis noun · 78% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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Carrot noun · 78% connection

The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.

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Caspase-mediated cell death noun · 78% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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CD8 cell noun · 78% connection

T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it

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CD8 T cell noun · 78% connection

T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it

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cell membrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Chub noun · 78% connection

European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body

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Cystoplast noun · 78% connection

A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.

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Cytomembrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Cytotoxic T cell noun · 78% connection

T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it

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Dead adjective · 78% connection

Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.

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Deoxyribonucleic acid noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…

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Desoxyribonucleic acid noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…

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DNA noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…

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Flagelliform adjective · 78% connection

Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering.

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