| 释义 |
gametoid, n. and a. Biol.|ˈgæmɪtɔɪd|
[f. gamete + -oid.]
A. n. (See quot. 1953.)
B. adj. Having the form or function of a gamete; gamete-like.
1891[see zygotoid]. 1903Proc. R. Soc. LXXII. 503 The evidence justifies us in..correlating the appearance of these ‘gametoid’ neoplasms with the result of a stimulus which has changed the normal somatic course of cell development into that characteristic of reproductive (not embryonic) tissue. 1908Practitioner Feb. 226 Neither gametoid cells, nor flagellated forms of this parasite, have been observed. 1953I. F. & W. D. Henderson Dict. Sci. Terms (ed. 5) 165/2 Gametoid, a structure behaving like a gamete, as apocytes uniting to form a zygotoid. |