Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spermatocyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sper-ma-to-cyte
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops.

Example Sentences

"The spermatogonia continue to reside in the gonocyst and form spermatocyte, which begins to increase in size."
"Fragments of laminin chains can act as biologically active peptides to perturb the blood–testis barrier (BTB) permeability function by accelerating protein endocytosis (e.g., occludin) at the site, thereby destabilizing the BTB integrity to facilitate the transit of preleptotene spermatocytes."

Etymology

Etymology tree English spermato- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English spermatocyte From spermato- + -cyte.

Inflected Forms

spermatocytes (plural)

Derived Forms

spermatocytal spermatocytic spermatocytogenesis

Frequently Paired Words

oocyte

Synonyms

nematoblast spermatoblast spermoblast

Questions

What does spermatocyte mean?: A male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops.
Where does spermatocyte come from?: Etymology tree English spermato- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English spermatocyte From spermato- + -cyte.

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