Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gonocyst

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gono-cyst
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A membrane around the spermatogonia in the male gonads.

noun

An expansion of the zoarium in which multiple embryos develop.

Example Sentences

"The spermatogonia continue to reside in the gonocyst and form spermatocyte, which begins to increase in size."
"Ovicell in the form of a pyramidal hemispherical sac ( gonocyst ) with a terminal oeciostome, formed on the coalesced distal cells, Axis of the ovicell parallel to the axis of the cells."

Etymology

From gono- + cyst.

Inflected Forms

gonocysts (plural)

Questions

What does gonocyst mean?: A membrane around the spermatogonia in the male gonads.
Where does gonocyst come from?: From gono- + cyst.

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