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spireme
[ spahy-reem ]
/ ˈspaɪ rim /
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noun Cell Biology.
the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
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Origin of spireme
1885–90; <Greek speírēma coil, equivalent to speirē-, variant stem of speirâsthai to be coiled around + -ma noun suffix of result
Words nearby spireme
spirantize, spire, spirea, spired, spirelet, spireme, Spires, spiriferous, spirillar, spirillum, Spirillum minus
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British Dictionary definitions for spireme
spireme
/ (ˈspaɪriːm) /
noun
cytology the tangled mass of chromatin threads into which the nucleus of a cell is resolved at the start of mitosis
Word Origin for spireme
C19: from Greek speirēma a coil, from speira a coil, spire ²
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