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coil around

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coil (itself) around someone or something
[for something or an animal] to wrap itself around someone or something. The monkey's tail coiled itself around the branch. The huge python coiled around poor Roger.
See also: around, coil
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The enlargement of the temporal artery stretches the nerves that coil around the artery, making the nerves release chemicals.
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The term double helix refers to two DNA strands that coil around each other.
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Migraine headache is caused by a combination of vasodilatation (enlargement of blood vessels) and the release of chemicals from nerve fibers that coil around the blood vessels.
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