plectonemic
/ˌplɛktə(ʊ)ˈniːmɪk/Chiefly Molecular Biol.
adjective
Of, relating to, or designating a structure formed by two or more similar helices coiled together side by side in such a way that they cannot be fully separated without being unwound.
Origin
1940s. From ancient Greek πλεκτός twisted + νῆμα thread + -ic.
- walk-through
- orthopnoea
- orthopnoeic
- orthopod
- orthopoxvirus
- orthoprax
- orthopraxis
- orthopraxy
- orthopsychiatric
- orthopsychiatrist
- orthopsychiatry
- orthopter
- Orthoptera
- orthopteran
- orthopterist
- orthopteroid
- orthopterological
- orthopterology
- orthopteron
- orthopterous
- orthoptic
- orthoptically
- orthoptic locus
- orthoptics
- orthoptist