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spi⋅reme

  [spahy-reem]
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–noun Cell Biology.
the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.
Origin:
1885–90; < Gk speírēma coil, equiv. to speirē-, var. s. of speirâsthai to be coiled around + -ma n. suffix of result
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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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Main Entry: spi·reme
Pronunciation: 'spI-"rEm
Function: noun
: a continuous thread observed in fixed preparations of the prophase of mitosis thatappears to be a strand of chromatin but is generally held to be an artifact
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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