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dispireme

noun
di·spireme
variants: or less commonly dispirem \(ˈ)dī+ \

Definition of dispireme 

: a supposed late phase in mitotic division characterized by association of each set of daughter chromosomes into a spireme and now usually considered an observational artifact

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History and Etymology for dispireme

di- + spireme

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