Usually means: Twisted coil of helical structures.
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  1. superhelix: Merriam-Webster
  2. superhelix: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. superhelix: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. superhelix: Collins English Dictionary
  5. superhelix: Wiktionary
  6. superhelix: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. superhelix: Dictionary.com
  8. Superhelix: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. superhelix: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. superhelix: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. superhelix: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (superhelix)

▸ noun:  (molecular biology) The shape formed by a helix which in turn is twisted into a larger helix

Similar:
hemihelix, helicality, tetrahelix, helicospiral, Boerdijk-Coxeter helix, helicoidization, cochleate, multitwist, semispiral, cruciform, more...

Opposite:
subhelix, underhelix, hypo-helix

Types:
left-handed, right-handed, pitch, roll, yaw, more...

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Similar:
hemihelix, helicality, tetrahelix, helicospiral, Boerdijk-Coxeter helix, helicoidization, cochleate, multitwist, semispiral, cruciform, more...

Opposite:
subhelix, underhelix, hypo-helix

Types:
left-handed, right-handed, pitch, roll, yaw, more...



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