"midpiece" meaning in English

See midpiece in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: midpieces [plural], mid-piece [alternative]
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  1. The part of a spermatozoon between the head and the tail, approximately 50 μm in humans; it consists of mitochondria, centrioles, and an axoneme.

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