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SPERMATID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spermatid mean?
• SPERMATID (noun)
The noun SPERMATID has 1 sense:
1. an immature gamete produced by a spermatocyte; develops into a spermatozoon
Familiarity information: SPERMATID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An immature gamete produced by a spermatocyte; develops into a spermatozoon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("spermatid" is a kind of...):
gamete (a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes)
Context examples
This allele, which encodes nucleoside diphosphate kinase homolog 5 protein, may be involved in the modulation of both spermatid development and apoptosis.
(NME5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Elongated cells in the seminiferous tubules to which spermatids are attached during spermatogenesis.
(Murine Sertoli Cells, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
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