dispireme
noun
di·spireme
\(ˈ)dī+\
variants: 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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Origin and Etymology of dispireme
di- + spireme
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