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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spireme

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 Stevens, Nettie Maria

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 Stevens, Nettie Maria

There is no synizesis and no polarized or bouquet stage, but the nuclei of all of the spermatocytes contain a continuous spireme throughout the growth stage.

From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part II by Stevens, Nettie Maria

Condensation stage, bouquet stage, spireme stage, and rather rare tetrad stage of young spermatocyte.

From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part I by Stevens, Nettie Maria

In safranin-gentian preparations it stains, not like a plasmosome, but red like the heterochromosomes, while the spireme is violet.

From Studies in Spermatogenesis Part II by Stevens, Nettie Maria