"spermatocyte" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spermatocytes [plural]
Etymology: From spermato- + -cyte. Etymology templates: {{af|en|spermato-|-cyte}} spermato- + -cyte Head templates: {{en-noun}} spermatocyte (plural spermatocytes)
  1. (cytology) A male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops. Categories (topical): Cytology Hypernyms: gametocyte Derived forms: spermatocytal, spermatocytic Coordinate_terms: oocyte Translations (male gametocyte): spermatosyytti (Finnish), spermatocito [masculine] (Italian), espermatocito [masculine] (Spanish), spermatocyt (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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