spireme

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspaɹiːm/

Noun

spireme (plural spiremes)

1. (dated, biochemistry) the tangled mass of strands of chromatin seen in the early stages of mitosis, originally believed to be a single continuous strand (or two in a diploid cell, etc.)

Translations

the tangled mass of strands of chromatin seen in the early stages of mitosis

• Tagalog: kidsulid

Anagrams

• empires, emprise, epimers, imprese, permies, premies, premise