spindle

(spĭn′dl )

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[AS. spinel ]

1. A fusiform-shaped body.
2. The mitotic spindle, a series of microtubules formed by the centrosomes during cell division; the spindle fibers pull the new sets of chromosomes toward opposite poles of the cell.

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