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Gametocyte

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A cell from which gametes develop by meiotic division, especially a spermatocyte or an oocyte.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A diploid germ cell that divides by meiosis into a gamete.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A gamete.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis

Word Usage

"In the premier open access journal PLoS Biology, a study of children in Kenya reveals that those individuals harboring the transmissible gametocyte stage of malaria parasites are more attractive to the mosquito vectors that spread this disease."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

cell

Hyponym

oocyte spermatocyte