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Definition of "spermatid" []

  • Any of the four haploid cells formed by meiosis in a male organism that develop into spermatozoa without further division. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "spermatid" in a sentence
  • "The nuclear portion of the spermatid, which is partly imbedded in the supporting cell, is differentiated to form the head of the spermatozoön, while part of the cell protoplasm forms the middle piece and the tail is produced by an outgrowth from the double centriole of the cell."
  • "Seven of the mice were born after sperm heads were transferred into 23 eggs using a technique called round spermatid injection, and another five were born after 35 eggs were fertilised using intracytoplasmic sperm injection Icsi, a common IVF procedure."
  • "• The spermatid is amore or less circular cell containing a nucleus, Golgi apparatus, centeriole and mitochondria. all these components take part in forming the spermatozoon: 1."
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