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Spindle

spindle

See: mitosis, spindle fibre. (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle; chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis.See See [[spindle fibre.


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