— superhelical /sooh'peuhr hel"i keuhl, -hee"li-/ , adj. — superhelicity /sooh'peuhr heuh lis"i tee/ , n.
/sooh"peuhr hee'liks/ , n. , pl. superhelices /-hel'euh seez'/ , superhelixes . Biochem.
a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains. Also called supercoil .
[ SUPER- + HELIX ]