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helices
noun(he-lix)
something spiral in form: such as
helices
noun(he-lix)
an ornamental volute
helices
noun(he-lix)
a coil formed by winding wire around a uniform tube
helices
noun(he-lix)
a helix or spiral consisting of two strands in the surface of a cylinder that coil around its axis; especially : the structural arrangement of DNA in space that consists of paired polynucleotide strands stabilized by cross-links between purine and pyrimidine bases

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