cochleate

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English

Etymology

Latin cochleatus (spiral or screw-formed). See cochlea.

Adjective

cochleate (comparative more cochleate, superlative most cochleate)

  1. Having the form of a snail's shell; spiral; turbinated

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Noun

cochleate (plural cochleates)

  1. A particulate composed of lipid bilayers rolled up into a spiral