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spirem

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spi·reme   (spī'rēm')   
n.  

  1. The tangle of filaments that appears at the beginning of the prophase portion of meiosis or mitosis.

  2. Any of these filaments.


[German Spirem, from Greek speirēma, coil, from speirāsthai, to be coiled around, from speira, coil.]
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