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Look up: Gonad

  1. Gonad
    The organ that produces the reproductive cells, the testicle in the male and the ovaries in the female.
    Found on http://extension.missouri.edu/xplor/aggu

  2. Gonad
    see 'gonads'
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. Gonad
    Primary sex gland: testis in the male and ovary in the female.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/gl

  4. gonad
    [n] - a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Gonad
    reproductive organs i.e. testis (male) and ovaries (female).
    Found on http://www.fishonline.org/information/gl

  6. gonad
    an organ that produces gametes (germ cells), especially a testis or ovary
    Found on http://www.aissg.org/62_GLOSSARY.HTM

  7. Gonad
    The organ in which reproductive cells are formed.
    Found on http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/docs/GLOSSA

  8. Gonad
    Gonad: A reproductive gland (ovary or testis) that produces germ cells (gametes). In embryonic life, the gonad in males and females is initially identical. This gonad is said to be 'indifferent' before it differentiates into a definitive testis or ovary. An indifferent gonad becomes a testis if the embryo has a Y chromosome, but if the embryo has n ...
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  9. gonad
    a sex organ,such as an ovary or a testicle,which produces the gametes in most multicellular animals Category: Medicine
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  10. Gonad
    Organs of animals which produce gametes.
    Found on http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/Towns

  11. Gonad
    Gon'ad noun ; plural Gonads . [ Greek ... that which generates.] (Anat.) One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative gland; a germ gland. Wiedersheim.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/42

  12. gonad
    <biology> A sex organ, such as an ovary or a testicle, which produces the gametes in most multicellular animals. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  13. gonad
    sex gland noun a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. Gonad
    The `gonad` is the organ that makes gametes. The gonads in males are the testes and the gonads in females are the ovaries. The product, gametes, are haploid germ cells. For example, sperm and egg cells are gametes. Although medically the gonad term can refer to either male gonads (testicles) or female gonads (ovaries), the vernacular, or slang use of `gonads` (or `nads`) usually only refers to the testicles.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonad

  15. gonad
    (go´nad) a gamete-producing gland; the ovary in the female or the testis in the male. Called also sex gland. adj., gonad´al, gonad´ial., adj. The ovary produces the oocyte and the testis produces the spermatozoon. In addition, the gonads secrete hormones that influence the development of the reproductive organs at pub...
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  16. Gonad
    • (n.) One of the masses of generative tissue primitively alike in both sexes, but giving rise to either an ovary or a testis; a generative gland; a germ gland.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  17. gonad
    in zoology, primary reproductive gland that produces reproductive cells (gametes). In males the gonads are called testes; the gonads in females are ... [14 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/47

  18. gonad
    gonad An organ that produces sex cells; a testis or an ovary.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  19. gonad
    An organ that produces sex cells; a testis or an ovary. [Mod. L. fr. G. gon, seed]
    Found on

  20. gonad
    The primary reproductive organ of male and female animals, in which develop the gametes or sex cells. The gonads are usually paired organs. In the male the gonad is a testis, which produces sperm. In the female the gonad is the ovary, which produces ova (eggs). A hermaphrodite animal possesses both ...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  21. Gonad
    A sexual gland. In males, the testicles are gonads. In females, the ovaries are gonads.
    Found on http://www.pregnology.com/AZ/G/2


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