Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gonocyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gono-cyte
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A long-lived germ cell responsible for spermatogenesis in males and oogenesis in females

Etymology

From gono- + -cyte.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: gono
Suffix: cyte

Inflected Forms

gonocytes (plural)

Questions

What does gonocyte mean?: A long-lived germ cell responsible for spermatogenesis in males and oogenesis in females
Where does gonocyte come from?: From gono- + -cyte.

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