germ cell

English

Noun

germ cell (plural germ cells)

1. (cytology) A cell that is part of the germ line: a gametocyte, an ovum or a sperm cell.

Synonyms

• reproductive cell
• sex cell

Hyponyms

• gametocyte
• gamete

Coordinate terms

• somatic cell

Translations

a cell that is part of the germ line

Chinese: Mandarin: 生殖細胞 / 生殖细胞 (zh) (shēngzhí xìbāo) Czech: zárodečná buňka f Finnish: itusolu French: cellule germinale f Icelandic: kynfruma (is) f, kímfruma f Japanese: 胚細胞 (はいさいぼう, haisaibō) Slovak: zárodočná bunka Swedish: könscell (sv) c Welsh: cell genhedlu f

See also

• germ cell on Wikipedia.Wikipedia