Definition of Spiremes

1. spireme [n] - See also: spireme

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiremes

spirantizations
spirantize
spirantized
spirantizes
spirantizing
spirants
spirated
spiration
spire
spirea
spireas
spired
spirelike
spirem
spireme
spiremes (current term)
spirems
spirene
spirenes
spires
spiric
spiricle
spiricles
spirics
spirier
spiriest
spirifer
spirifers
spirilla
spirillar

Literary usage of Spiremes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Cytology by Lester Whyland Sharp (1921)
"As the division of the endosperm nucleus approaches the spiremes of its three ... As the spiremes are being developed into completed chromosomes all of them ..."

2. The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1904)
"As the daughter spiremes separate, nucleolar substance unites with the linin to form the rays of the central spindle. The linin in this phase stains ..."

3. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"In the nucleus of the spermatogonium these chromatin threads or spiremes seem to fill the nuclear space like so many sacs (Fig. i). When the preparation was ..."

4. A Text-book of Histology: Arranged Upon an Embryological Basis by Frederic Thomas Lewis, Philipp Stöhr (1913)
"Above them are the spermatocytes, which are larger; their nuclei usually show spiremes or other indications of cell division. ..."

5. A Text-book of the Principles of Animal Histology by Ulric Dahlgren, William Allison Kepner (1908)
"The spiremes next become more slender and finally break up into chromatin particles to be distributed throughout the nuclear space (/). ..."

6. An Introduction to Biophysics by David Burns (1921)
"... eg nucleated amoebae, cells undergoing division, nuclear spiremes, granular and honeycomb structures, etc. The figures are due to the strains produced ..."

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