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
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First spermatocyte, early spireme stage, showing unequal pair of chromosomes. 6-7.
From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part II by Nettie Maria Stevens
As the thread contracts, its granular origin becomes less evident, and at the same time the coils become fewer in number; the “close” spireme of earlier stages becomes the “loose” spireme of later stages.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
The spireme here, as also in figure 99, is fine and closely interwound.
From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part I by Nettie Maria Stevens
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 Nettie Maria Stevens
At first it is quite small, and it gradually increases in size during the spireme stage.
From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part I by Nettie Maria Stevens
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