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spireme
[ spahy-reem ]
noun
, Cell Biology.
- the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
spireme
/ ˈspaɪriːm /
noun
- cytology the tangled mass of chromatin threads into which the nucleus of a cell is resolved at the start of mitosis
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Word History and Origins
Origin of spireme1
1885–90; < Greek speírēma coil, equivalent to speirē-, variant stem of speirâsthai to be coiled around + -ma noun suffix of result
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Word History and Origins
Origin of spireme1
C19: from Greek speirēma a coil, from speira a coil, spire ²
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Example Sentences
In this process the chromatin becomes a convoluted thread, called the Skein or Spireme.
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In iron-hæmatoxylin preparations this pair is often obscured by parts of the spireme which are tangled around it.
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As in most of the other species of Coleoptera, the unequal pair is not distinguishable until the spireme stage.
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It is closely applied to the nuclear membrane and is connected with an end of the spireme (figs. 51-54).
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At first it is quite small, and it gradually increases in size during the spireme stage.
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