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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 coilplay

2. forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)play

  Familiarity information: WHORLED used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHORLED (adjective)


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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