单词 | sex cell |
释义 | sex cell (once / 369354 pages) n WORD FAMILY sex cell: sex cells USAGE EXAMPLESIf corals shed their sex cells just minutes out of sync with neighbors, the odds of reproductive success are greatly reduced. New York Times(Jun 20, 2016) With chemotherapy starting in two months, the oncologist suggested I freeze my sperm for later use because the regimen can damage sex cells. New York Times(Jun 17, 2016) Scientists created the early sex cells by culturing human embryonic stem cells for five days in controlled conditions. Time(Dec 24, 2014) n a spermatozoon or an ovum; a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next generation Syn|Hypo|Hyper germ cell, reproductive cell gamete a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes anisogameteeither of a pair of unlike gametes especially those unlike in size isogameteeither of a pair of conjugating gametes of the same size and structure sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoonthe male reproductive cell; the male gamete egg cell, ovumthe female reproductive cell; the female gamete spermatidan immature gamete produced by a spermatocyte; develops into a spermatozoon oospherea gamete; used especially of lower plants antherozoid, spermatozoida motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm cell (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals |
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