spireme

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspaɪɹiːm/

Noun

spireme (plural spiremes)

(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

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