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noun
A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: sex cell, reproductive cell, germ cell
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: spermatozoon, sperm, ovum, egg
noun
a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reproductive cell, germ cell, sex cell
Narrower terms: anisogamete, isogamete, sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoon, spermatozoan, ovum, egg cell, spermatid, oosphere, antherozoid, spermatozoid
History
From Ancient Greek γαμετή (gametḗ, “wife”), γαμέτης (gamétēs, “husband”), ultimately from γάμος (gámos, “marriage”).
Across languages
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
