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gonadosomatic

gonadosomatic adjective: specifying the ratio of the masses of the gonads and the body.

Adjective

gonadosomatic (not comparable)

  1. Specifying the ratio of the masses of the gonads and the body
    • Liver and gonad were sampled to determine their weights and to calculate the hepatosomatic index (HSI) and gonadosomatic index (GSI) according to the formulas: with LW: liver weight (g); with GW: gonad weight (g), BW: body weight (g).2015 September 24, “The Olfactory Transcriptome and Progression of Sexual Maturation in Homing Chum Salmon Oncorhynchus keta”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of gonadosomatic

From gonado- + somatic.

Questions about gonadosomatic

What does gonadosomatic mean?
Gonadosomatic means specifying the ratio of the masses of the gonads and the body.
What part of speech is gonadosomatic?
Gonadosomatic is an adjective.

Words near gonadosomatic in the dictionary

  1. gonadoblastomata
  2. gonadodysgenesis
  3. gonadogenesis
  4. gonadorelin
  5. gonadoreline
  6. gonadosomatic
  7. gonadostimulant
  8. gonadotoxic
  9. gonadotoxicity
  10. gonadotrope
  11. gonadotropes

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