midpiece

Questions

What does midpiece mean?

The part of a spermatozoon between the head and the tail, approximately 50 μm in humans; it consists of mitochondria, centrioles, and an axoneme.

Where does midpiece come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English piece English midpiece From mid- + piece.

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