Cochleate

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the form of a snail's shell; spiral; turbinated not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    A particulate composed of lipid bilayers rolled up into a spiral

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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