Sertoli cell
Sertoli cell noun: a kind of sustentacular cell which serves as a "nurse" cell of the testes and which is part of a seminiferous tubule.
Noun
Sertoli cell (plural Sertoli cells)
- A kind of sustentacular cell which serves as a "nurse" cell of the testes and which is part of a seminiferous tubule.
- In 2009, researchers reported7 deactivating an ovarian gene called Foxl2 in adult female mice; they found that the granulosa cells that support the development of eggs transformed into Sertoli cells, which support sperm development.2015, Claire Ainsworth, ‘Sex redefined’, Nature, volume 518, number 7539
Sertoli cell meaning in Tamil
Sertoli cell in Tamil
- செர்டொலி அணு, விறைக்குள் விந்தணு உற்பத்தி அணு
Forms of Sertoli cell
| plural | Sertoli cells |
|---|
Origin of Sertoli cell
Named for Enrico Sertoli, who published the first description of these cells in 1865.
Questions about Sertoli cell
- What does Sertoli cell mean?
- Sertoli cell means a kind of sustentacular cell which serves as a "nurse" cell of the testes and which is part of a seminiferous tubule.
- What is Sertoli cell in Tamil?
- Sertoli cell in Tamil is செர்டொலி அணு, விறைக்குள் விந்தணு உற்பத்தி அணு. See Sertoli cell meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is Sertoli cell?
- Sertoli cell is a noun.
- What is the plural of Sertoli cell?
- The plural of Sertoli cell is Sertoli cells.
Words near Sertoli cell in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Sertoli cell (page history and authors); sertoli cell (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “Sertoli cell.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/sertoli_cell. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.