spireme
the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
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How to use spireme in a sentence
In this process the chromatin becomes a convoluted thread, called the Skein or spireme.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation | Austin O'MalleyIn iron-hæmatoxylin preparations this pair is often obscured by parts of the spireme which are tangled around it.
Studies in Spermatogenesis | Nettie Maria StevensAs in most of the other species of Coleoptera, the unequal pair is not distinguishable until the spireme stage.
Studies in Spermatogenesis | Nettie Maria StevensIt is closely applied to the nuclear membrane and is connected with an end of the spireme (figs. 51-54).
Studies in Spermatogenesis (Part 1 of 2) | Nettie Maria StevensAt first it is quite small, and it gradually increases in size during the spireme stage.
Studies in Spermatogenesis (Part 1 of 2) | Nettie Maria Stevens
British Dictionary definitions for spireme
/ (ˈspaɪriːm) /
cytology the tangled mass of chromatin threads into which the nucleus of a cell is resolved at the start of mitosis
Origin of spireme
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