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spindle poison

noun

Etymology

From spindle + poison.

  1. derived from pōtio — “drink, a draught, a poisonous draught, a potion”
  2. derived from poison
  3. inherited from poysoun
  4. compounded as spindle poison — “spindle + poison”

Definitions

  1. A poison that disrupts cell division by affecting the protein threads that connect the…

    A poison that disrupts cell division by affecting the protein threads that connect the centromere regions of chromosomes, known as spindles.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for spindle poison. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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