spermatogenesis

English

Etymology

From spermato- +‎ -genesis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

spermatogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural spermatogeneses)

1. The process of sperm production in the testes.
2. (botany) The development of the male elements of a plant, such as antherozoids and pollen grains.

Derived terms

• aspermatogenesis
• spermatogenetic

Translations

process of sperm production in the testes

• Arabic: تَكَوُّن اَلْحَيَوَانَات اَلْمَنَوِّيَّة (takawwun al-ḥayawānāt al-manawwiyya)
• Catalan: espermatogènesi f
• Czech: spermatogeneze f
• Dutch: spermatogenese (nl)
• Faroese: spermatogeneesi
• French: spermatogenèse (fr) f
• German: Spermatogenese (de) f
• Indonesian: spermatogenesis (id)
• Irish: speirmitigineas m
• Slovak: spermatogenéza f
• Swedish: spermatogenes (sv)
• Turkish: spermatogenez (tr)

Indonesian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /spɛrmatoɡeˈnesis/ [spɛr.ma.t̪o.ɡeˈne.sɪs]
• Rhymes: -esis
• Syllabification: sper‧ma‧to‧ge‧ne‧sis

Noun

spermatogenesis (uncountable)

1. (biology, physiology) spermatogenesis

Related terms

• sperma

Further reading

• “spermatogenesis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016