spireme

[ spahy-reem ]

nounCell Biology.
  1. the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.

Origin of spireme

1
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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spireme

/ (ˈspaɪriːm) /


noun
  1. cytology the tangled mass of chromatin threads into which the nucleus of a cell is resolved at the start of mitosis

Origin of spireme

1
C19: from Greek speirēma a coil, from speira a coil, spire ²

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