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CRUCIFORM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cruciform mean?
• CRUCIFORM (adjective)
The adjective CRUCIFORM has 1 sense:
1. shaped like a cross
Familiarity information: CRUCIFORM used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shaped like a cross
Synonyms:
cruciate; cruciform
Similar:
symmetric; symmetrical (having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts)
Context examples
A DNA structure formed between similarly oriented, homologous DNA double strands in which a single strand from one duplex crosses over to base pair with the complimentary strand on the other duplex, generating a cruciform structure.
(Holliday Junction, NCI Thesaurus)
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