spireme

American  

[spahy-reem] / ˈspaɪ rim /

noun

Cell Biology.

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

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spireme British  

/ ˈspaɪriːm /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of spireme

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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Example Sentences

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spireme

Here we have again a continuous spireme connected with the element x, making it seem improbable that the bivalent chromosomes are really separated in the bouquet stage.

From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part I by Nettie Maria Stevens

As in most of the other species of Coleoptera, the unequal pair is not distinguishable until the spireme stage.

From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part II by Nettie Maria Stevens

In the growth stage they stain more deeply, as a rule, than the spireme, with iron-hæmatoxylin or thionin, stain red with safranin-gentian and green with Auerbach's methyl green-fuchsin combination.

From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part II by Nettie Maria Stevens

First spermatocyte, spireme stage, showing the unequal pair associated with a large plasmosome.

From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part II by Nettie Maria Stevens

In figure 99 and again in figure 100 the element x is joined to the spireme as it is throughout the spireme stage.

From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part I by Nettie Maria Stevens

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