- spermatocyte
- noun Date: 1886 a cell giving rise to sperm cells; especially a cell that is derived by mitosis from a spermatogonium and ultimately gives rise by meiosis to four haploid spermatids
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spermatocyte — [ spɛrmatɔsit ] n. m. • 1880; de spermato et cyte ♦ Biol. Cellule germinale mâle qui devient une spermatide, puis un spermatozoïde. ● spermatocyte nom masculin Cellule de la lignée germinale mâle dans le règne animal. spermatocyte [spɛʀmatɔsit] n … Encyclopédie Universelle
Spermatocyte — Sper ma*to*cyte, n. [Spermato + Gr. ???? a hollow vessel.] (Physiol.) Same as {Spermoblast}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spermatocyte — [spʉr′mə tə sīt΄, spər mat′əsīt] n. [ SPERMATO + CYTE] 1. Bot. a cell that develops into a spermatozoid 2. Zool. a stage in the development of the male sex cell, originating by growth from a spermatogonium … English World dictionary
Spermatocyte — Infobox Anatomy Name = male Latin = GraySubject = 258 GrayPage = 1243 Caption = Transverse section of a tubule of the testis of a rat. X 250. Caption2 = Scheme showing analogies in the process of maturation of the ovum and the development of the… … Wikipedia
spermatocyte — The premeiotic parental cell of the spermatids; the primary spermatocyte before the initiation of the first meiotic division; the secondary spermatocyte after completion of the first meiotic division, but before the initiation of the second… … Glossary of Biotechnology
spermatocyte — spermatocytal, adj. /sperr mat euh suyt , sperr meuh teuh /, n. Cell Biol. a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids. [1885 90;… … Universalium
spermatocyte — n. [Gr. sperma, seed; kytos, container] An auxocyte of males that give rise to the spermatids … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
spermatocyte — noun A male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops … Wiktionary
spermatocyte — Parent cell of a spermatid, derived by mitotic division from a spermatogonium. [spermato + G. kytos, cell] primary s. the s. derived by a growth phase from a spermatogonium … Medical dictionary
spermatocyte — n. diploid cell which separates into four spermatids through meiosis (Biology) … English contemporary dictionary
