zygote

n. 合子, 受精卵 [医] 合子

发音

UK /ˈzaɪɡəʊt/
其它
US /ˈzaɪˌɡoʊt/

词形变化

zygotes 复数 zygotes

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A eukaryotic cell formed from the fusion of two gametes (“reproductive cells”) during a fertilization process.

    合子

    受精卵

    定语 生物 医学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

cell

下位词 2

heterozygote homozygote

词源

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ζῠγωτός (zŭgōtós, “yoked”) + English -ote (suffix meaning ‘having [the thing to which it is attached]’). Ζῠγωτός (Zŭgōtós) is derived from ζῠγόω (zŭgóō, “to join or yoke together”) + -τός (-tós, suffix forming adjectives of possibility); and ζῠγόω (zŭgóō) from ζῠγόν (zŭgón, “yoke for joining animals; anything which joins two things together”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to tie together, join, yoke”)) + -όω (-óō, suffix forming causative or factitive verbs). By surface analysis, zygo- + -ote.

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