English Explanatory Dictionary

cochleate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the form of a snail's shell; spiral; turbinated
noun
  1. A particulate composed of lipid bilayers rolled up into a spiral

Word forms

cochleate cochleates

Etymology

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

Synonyms

cochleated

Derived words

ectocochleate
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