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spermatocyte

spermatocyte noun: a male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops.

Noun

spermatocyte (plural spermatocytes)

  1. A male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops.
    • The spermatogonia continue to reside in the gonocyst and form spermatocyte, which begins to increase in size.2013, Rabindra N. Chatterjee, Lucas Sanchez, Genome Analysis in Eukaryotes, page 71
    • Fragments of laminin chains can act as biologically active peptides to perturb the blood–testis barrier (BTB) permeability function by accelerating protein endocytosis (e.g., occludin) at the site, thereby destabilizing the BTB integrity to facilitate the transit of preleptotene spermatocytes.2015 August 26, “A Catalog of Proteins Expressed in the AG Secreted Fluid during the Mature Phase of the Chinese Mitten Crabs ( Eriocheir sinensis )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

spermatocyte meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

spermatocyte in Tamil

விந்துக்குழியம், விந்துயிர்ச்செல், தாய்விந்து செல்

spermatocyte in Malayalam

ബീജകം

Synonyms of spermatocyte

Forms of spermatocyte

pluralspermatocytes

Origin of spermatocyte

From spermato- + -cyte.

Words formed from spermatocyte

Questions about spermatocyte

What does spermatocyte mean?
Spermatocyte means a male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops.
What is spermatocyte in Tamil?
Spermatocyte in Tamil is விந்துக்குழியம், விந்துயிர்ச்செல், தாய்விந்து செல். See Spermatocyte meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is spermatocyte?
Spermatocyte is a noun.
What is the plural of spermatocyte?
The plural of spermatocyte is spermatocytes.

Words near spermatocyte in the dictionary

  1. spermatocyst
  2. spermatocystic
  3. spermatocystitis
  4. spermatocysts
  5. spermatocytal
  6. spermatocyte
  7. spermatocytes
  8. spermatocytic
  9. spermatocytogenesis
  10. spermatodactyl
  11. spermatodactyls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spermatocyte (page history and authors); spermatocyte (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); spermatocyte (Malayalam 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.

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