spermatocyte

English

Etymology

spermato- +‎ -cyte

Noun

spermatocyte (plural spermatocytes)

1. (cytology) A male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops.

Hypernyms

• gametocyte

Coordinate terms

• oocyte

Derived terms

• spermatocytal
• spermatocytic

Translations

male gametocyte

• Finnish: spermatosyytti (fi)
• Italian: spermatocito (it) m
• Spanish: espermatocito m
• Swedish: spermatocyt (sv)

French

Noun

spermatocyte m (plural spermatocytes)

1. spermatocyte

Further reading

• “spermatocyte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.