gonadal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.04 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the gonads
Example Sentences
- "In the future, artificial means of reproduction will become possible. Perhaps we will inject the genetic material from one of each partner's sperm into either a synthetic human cell or a gonadal cell with its own nuclear DNA removed beforehand, and grow the resulting emmbryo to term in an artificial uterus."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵn̥h₁eti Proto-Hellenic *gígnomai Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ) Ancient Greek -άζω (-ázō) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) New Latin gonadēsbor. English gonad English -al English gonadal From gonad + -al.