Reproductive Cell

  

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Reproductive Cell

Definition: Reproductive Cell

Reproductive Cell

Noun

1. A spermatozoon or an ovum.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Reproductive Cell

Synonyms: germ cell (n), sex cell (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Reproductive Cell

English words defined with "reproductive cell": egg cellgametemeiosis, miosisovumPseudosporereduction divisionsperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoon. (references)
Specialty definitions using "reproductive cell": Micronucleireproductive cells. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Reproductive Cell

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Health

Researchers have established that the likelihood that a reproductive cell will contain an extra copy of chromosome 21 increases dramatically as a woman ages. Therefore, an older mother is more likely than a younger mother to have a baby with Down syndrome. (references)

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

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Modern Translations: Reproductive Cell

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

Danish

  

koenscelle (gamete). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

voortplantingscel (gamete), geslachtscel (gamete), gameet (gamete). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sukusolu (gamete). (various references)

   

French

  

gamète, cellule sexuelle, cellule reproductrice. (various references)

   

German

  

Sexualzelle (gamete), Keimzelle (bud cell, gamete, germ cell, indifferent gonad), Geschlechtszelle (gamete), Gamozyt (gamete), Gamet (gamete). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κύτταρο αναπαραγωγής (gamete), γαμέτης (gamete). (various references)

   

Italian

  

gamete (gamete), cellula sessuale (gamete), cellula riproduttrice (gamete). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

"殖細胞 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

せいしょくさいぼう. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eproductiveray ellcay

   

Portuguese

  

gâmeta (gamete), célula sexual (gamete), célula reprodutiva (gamete). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

gameto (gamete). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

könscell (gamete), gamet (gamete). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Reproductive Cell

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-d-e-e-e-i-l-l-o-p-r-r-t-u-v"

-4 letters: reproductive.

-5 letters: preelectric, recollected.

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Alternative Orthography: Reproductive Cell


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 70 72 6F 64 75 63 74 69 76 65      43 65 6C 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01110000 01110010 01101111 01100100 01110101 01100011 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01000011 01100101 01101100 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#112 &#114 &#111 &#100 &#117 &#99 &#116 &#105 &#118 &#101 &#32 &#67 &#101 &#108 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 0070 0072 006F 0064 0075 0063 0074 0069 0076 0065      0043 0065 006C 006C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

527182848170876986758871237717878

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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