spireme
Americannoun
noun
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
Example Sentences
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First spermatocyte, spireme stage, x the odd chromosome.
From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part II by Stevens, Nettie Maria
In one giant cell four unusually large combinations of this kind were found, and a corresponding amount of chromatin in the spireme.
From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part I by Stevens, Nettie Maria
The spireme here, as also in figure 99, is fine and closely interwound.
From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part I by Stevens, Nettie Maria
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 Stevens, Nettie Maria
The first division is thus a reducing division, while the split appearing in the anaphase of the heterotype and presumably reappearing in the prophase of the homotype is the original split of the spireme thread.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
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