Definitions for spireme

spireme spi·reme

Spelling: [spahy-reem]
IPA: /ˈspaɪ rim/

Spireme is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 201 anagrams from letters in spireme (eeimprs).

Definitions for spireme

noun

  1. the threadlike chromatin of a cell nucleus, present during early meiosis or mitosis.

Origin of spireme

1885-90; Greek speírēma coil, equivalent to speirē-, variant stem of speirâsthai to be coiled around + -ma noun suffix of result

Examples for spireme

It is closely applied to the nuclear membrane and is connected with an end of the spireme (figs. 51-54).

In figure 107 one sees the spireme divided into segments still joined by linin bridges.

The spireme here, as also in figure 99, is fine and closely interwound.

At first it is quite small, and it gradually increases in size during the spireme stage.

In iron-hæmatoxylin preparations this pair is often obscured by parts of the spireme which are tangled around it.

As in most of the other species of Coleoptera, the unequal pair is not distinguishable until the spireme stage.

This body is often applied to the nuclear membrane and connected with the spireme (figs. 84-86).

The connection of the element x with the spireme up to the stage where the spireme segments to form the bivalent chromosomes.

In figure 99 and again in figure 100 the element x is joined to the spireme as it is throughout the spireme stage.

Figure 55 shows the spireme segmented and split longitudinally.

Word Value for spireme
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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