gonadal

English

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Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵn̥h₁eti

Proto-Hellenic *gígnomai

Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-ā́

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ)

Ancient Greek -άζω (-ázō)

Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs)

New Latin gonadēsbor.

English gonad

English -al

English gonadal

From gonad + -al.

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gonadal (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the gonads
- 1987 April 25, Robert Halfhill, “Genetically Superior Queers: Sound Biological Evidence”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
  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.

of or pertaining to the gonads

gonadal m or f (masculine and feminine plural gonadales)