Meanings
nounspermatoblast (plural spermatoblasts)
plural spermatoblasts
- datedA spermatocyte.
It does not, however, happen that the whole spermatosphere is converted into spermatoblasts; there remains a passive portion, which in the earthworm occupies a central position; this is the "sperm-blasophore," or "blastophoral cell."
1880, Journal of Microscopy, volume 3
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Englishspermato-
- Ancient Greekβλᾰστᾰ́νω (blăstắnō)
- Ancient Greekβλᾰστός (blăstós)
- Englishspermatoblast
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