Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sertoli cell

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: ser-toli -cell
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of sustentacular cell which serves as a "nurse" cell of the testes and which is part of a seminiferous tubule.

Example Sentences

"In 2009, researchers reported7 deactivating an ovarian gene called Foxl2 in adult female mice; they found that the granulosa cells that support the development of eggs transformed into Sertoli cells, which support sperm development."

Etymology

Named for Enrico Sertoli, who published the first description of these cells in 1865.

Inflected Forms

Sertoli cells (plural)

Synonyms

sertoli's cell

Questions

What does sertoli cell mean?: A kind of sustentacular cell which serves as a "nurse" cell of the testes and which is part of a seminiferous tubule.
Where does sertoli cell come from?: Named for Enrico Sertoli, who published the first description of these cells in 1865.

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