spindle fiber

n.

One of a network of achromatic filaments that extend inward from the poles of a dividing cell, forming a spindle-shaped figure.

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Words nearby spindle fiber

spinate, spindle, spindle cell, spindle cell carcinoma, spindle cell lipoma, spindle fiber, spindle file, spindle side, spindle tree, spindle-legged, spindleage
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