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GONADS

Definition: GONADS

GONADS

Plural

1. Of Gonad

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Specialty Definition: GONADS

DomainDefinition

Health

The gamete-producing glands, ovary or testis. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: GONADS

English words defined with "GONADS": agonadalglucocorticoid, gonadal, gonadotrophic hormone, gonadotrophin, gonadotropic hormone, gonadotropinhypogonadism. (references)
Specialty definitions using "GONADS": Gonadal Dysgenesis, 46,XY, Gonadotropins, PituitaryMarek DiseaseNeoplasms, Germ Cell and EmbryonalParaganglia, ChromaffinReceptors, LHRHSterol O-AcyltransferaseTesticular Feminization. (references)
Etymologies containing "GONADS": gonad. (references)

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Modern Usage: GONADS

DomainUsage

Screenplays

In the gonads! (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: GONADS

DomainTitle

Books

  • Atlas of Tumor Pathology Tumors of the Ovary and Maldeveloped Gonads, Fascicle 16 (reference)

  • Laparoscopy in endocrine and genetic disorders of the gonads : a cytogenetic endocrine and endoscopic approach to differential diagnosis : report of cases and atlas (reference)

  • Tumors of the Ovary and Maldeveloped Gonads (Atlas of Tumor Pathology, Second Series, Fascicle 16) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: GONADS

Illustrations: GONADS

Subject(s): ... Gonads, gametes, fertilization ...

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Non-Fiction Usage: GONADS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Two areas of the brain, the hypothalamus and the pituitary, release hormones, as do glands in other parts of the body, such as the thyroid, adrenal glands, gonads, pancreas, and parathyroid. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: GONADS

"GONADS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "GONADS" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)100%2274,468

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Expressions: GONADS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

gonads strife

220

gonads

57

gonads in strife

5

team gonads

3

gonads squirrel strife

3

gonads strife video

3

gonads in lightning

2

gonads picture

2

gonads stife

2
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Modern Translation: GONADS

Language Translations for "GONADS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

性腺 (gonad). (various references)

   

Danish

  

den foreliggende undersoegelse indeholder en vurdering af den gennemsnitlige gonadedosis pr. person fra fjernsynsapparater i hjemmene (the present study includes an estimate of the average per capita dose to the gonads from home television sets), da 226 Ra hovedsageligt udsender alfastraaler, er bestraalingen af gonaderne og knoglemarven uvaesentlig (because the radiation emitted by Ra 226 is mainly alpha, the irradiation of the gonads and bone marrow is negligible). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

daar het Ra 226 hoofdzakelijk alfastralen uitzendt, is de bestraling van de gonaden ( geslachtsklieren ) en van het beenmerg niet noemenswaardig (because the radiation emitted by Ra 226 is mainly alpha, the irradiation of the gonads and bone marrow is negligible), bij dit onderzoek is tevens een schatting gemaakt van de gemiddelde gonadendosis per hoofd, afkomstig van huiskamertelevisie-ontvangers (the present study includes an estimate of the average per capita dose to the gonads from home television sets). (various references)

   

French

  

la présente étude comprend une estimation de la dose moyenne par tête, absorbée par les gonades, en provenance de téléviseurs domestiques (the present study includes an estimate of the average per capita dose to the gonads from home television sets). (various references)

   

German

  

Keimdrüsen. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

επειδή η ακτινοβολία που εκπέμπεται από το Rα 226 είναι κυρίως α,η ακτινοβόληση των γονάδων και του μυελού των οστών είναι αμελητέα (because the radiation emitted by Ra 226 is mainly alpha, the irradiation of the gonads and bone marrow is negligible), Η παρούσα μελέτη περιλαμβάνει μια εκτίμηση της μέσης κατά κεφαλή δό-σης που απορροφάται από τους γονάδες και που προέρχεται από συσκευές ο (the present study includes an estimate of the average per capita dose to the gonads from home television sets). (various references)

   

Italian

  

poiche' il Ra 226 emette soprattutto raggi alfa, l'irradiazione delle gonadi e del midollo osseo e' trascurabile (because the radiation emitted by Ra 226 is mainly alpha, the irradiation of the gonads and bone marrow is negligible), lo studio comprende una stima della dose media per capite assorbita dalle gonadi e proveniente dai televisori domestici (the present study includes an estimate of the average per capita dose to the gonads from home television sets). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

생식선 (gonad, gonadal). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onadsgay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

gônadas. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

góndolas. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: GONADS

Misspellings

"GONADS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gandais, Genady, gnade, Godards, Gojas, gona, gonade, gonas, gonat, goonda, gunals, gundas, Ogunlade, Vonadk. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: GONADS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: dongas.

Words within the letters "a-d-g-n-o-s"

-1 letter: agons, dagos, dangs, donas, donga, dongs, goads, gonad.

-2 letters: ados, agon, ands, dago, dags, dang, dogs, dona, dong, dons, gads, goad, goas, gods, nags, naos, nods, nogs, sago, sand, sang, snag, snog, soda, song.

-3 letters: ado, ads, ago, and, dag, dog, don, dos, gad, gan, gas, goa, god, gos, nag, nod, nog, nos.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-g-n-o-s"
 

+1 letter: bandogs, dognaps, dragons, ganoids, hagdons, sandhog.

 

+2 letters: agonised, bondages, cantdogs, decagons, diagnose, dogbanes, dogvanes, dongolas, dragoons, gadroons, goddamns, goldarns, gondolas, gormands, grandson, hangdogs, loadings, mangolds, sandhogs.

 

+3 letters: adsorbing, alongside, amidogens, androgens, anglepods, boardings, dangerous, diagnosed, diagnoses, diagnosis, diagonals, dognapers, downstage, dragomans, dragonets, dragonish, fandangos, gasconade, gladstone, glissando, golcondas, goosander, gourmands, grandiose, grandioso, grandsons, hoardings, longhands, longheads, noseguard, ondograms, organdies, organised, pagandoms, poundages, quandongs, renegados, rigadoons, rigaudons, sangfroid, shadowing, signboard, staghound, vagabonds.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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