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WHORLED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whorled mean?
• WHORLED (adjective)
The adjective WHORLED has 2 senses:
1. in the shape of a coil
2. forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)
Familiarity information: WHORLED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In the shape of a coil
Synonyms:
coiling; helical; spiral; spiraling; turbinate; volute; voluted; whorled
Similar:
coiled (curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)
Synonyms:
verticillate; verticillated; whorled
Similar:
cyclic (forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl)
Context examples
A benign neoplasm composed of fibroblastic spindle cells in a whorled storiform pattern.
(Benign Fibrous Histiocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of fibroblastic spindle cells arranged in a whorled storiform pattern, osteoclast-like giant cells, foam cells, inflammatory cells, hemosiderin deposition and stromal hemorrhage.
(Benign Fibrous Histiocytoma of Bone, NCI Thesaurus)
A well-circumscribed benign smooth muscle neoplasm characterized by the presence of spindle cells with cigar-shaped nuclei, interlacing fascicles, and a whorled pattern.
(Leiomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)
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