Meanings
adjectivegonadal (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the gonads
1 more example
In the future, artificial means of reproduction will become possible. Perhaps we will inject the genetic material from one of each partner's sperm into either a synthetic human cell or a gonadal cell with its own nuclear DNA removed beforehand, and grow the resulting emmbryo to term in an artificial uterus.
1987 April 25, Robert Halfhill, “Genetically Superior Queers: Sound Biological Evidence”, in Gay Community News, page 5
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵíǵn̥h₁eti
- Proto-Hellenic*gígnomai
- Ancient Greekγίγνομαι (gígnomai)
- Ancient Greekγονή (gonḗ)
- New Latingonadēs
- Englishgonad
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishgonadal
Translations
Dutch gonadaal
- gonadaalof or pertaining to the gonads
Esperanto gonada
- gonadaof or pertaining to the gonads
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Cite this entry
APA
gonadal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonadal
MLA
“gonadal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonadal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gonadal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonadal.
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