gamete

n. 配子 [医] 配子

发音

其它 /ˈɡæmiːt/

词形变化

gametes 复数 gametes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.

    配子

    生物 医学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

germ cell reproductive cell sex cell

下位词 10

sperm anisogamete antherozoid egg cell isogamete oosphere ovum spermatid spermatozoan spermatozoid

词源

From Ancient Greek γαμετή (gametḗ, “wife”), γαμέτης (gamétēs, “husband”), ultimately from γάμος (gámos, “marriage”).

来源：wiktionary