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gonad

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (gon?, “seed, begetting, birth, offspring”), from ????????? (gígnesthai, “be born”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /????.næd/

Noun

gonad (plural gonads)

  1. (anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
  2. (slang, chiefly in the plural) The testicles.

Synonyms

  • (sex gland): sex gland

Derived terms

  • gonadal
  • gonadectomy
  • gonadic
  • gonadoblastoma
  • nad

Translations

Further reading

  • Sex organ on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • gonad at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • Dagon, Dogan, Gonda, dango, dogan, donga, goand

gonad From the web:

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gametophyte

English

Etymology

From gameto- +? -phyte (“plant”)

Noun

gametophyte (plural gametophytes)

  1. (botany) A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote.
    • 2018, Susannah Lydon, The Guardian, 25 May:
      In liverworts like Marchantia, which lives in most soggy places worldwide, the gametophyte is the dominant phase – the thing you would think of as the plant.

Related terms

  • gametangium
  • gamete
  • gametogenesis
  • gametophytic

Translations

See also

  • sporophyte

gametophyte From the web:

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  • what is meant by gametophyte
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  • gametophyte what does it do
  • gametophyte what does it mean
  • what do gametophytes produce
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