supercoil
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supercoil
(so͞o′pər-koil′)n.
A structure of a helix, especially a DNA molecule, in which the axis of the helix itself is coiled, causing the helix to loop over itself.
intr.v. super·coiled, super·coiling, super·coils
To form a supercoil.
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