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gonadA reproductive gland that produces germ cells (gametes): an ovary or testis.
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gonadThe female gonad, the ovary or "egg sac", is one of a pair of reproductive glands in women. They are located in the pelvis, one on each side of the uterus. Each ovary is about the size and shape of an almond. The ovaries have two functions: they produce eggs (ova) and female hormones. Each month, during the menstrual cycle, an egg is rele [..]
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gonadA gonad in an embryo that has not differentiated into a definitive testis or ovary. An indifferent gonad becomes a testis if the embryo has a Y chromosome, but if the embryo has no Y chromosome, the indifferent gonad becomes an ovary. The absence of a Y chromosome permits the indifferent gonad to become an ovary, but both X chromosomes are needed f [..]
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gonadThe male gonad, the testicle (or testis), located behind the penis in a pouch of skin (the scrotum). The testicles produce and store sperm and are also the body's main source of male hormones (testosterone). These hormones control the development of the reproductive organs and other male characteristics, such as body and facial hair, low voice [..]
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gonadThe part of the reproductive system that produces and releases eggs (ovary) or sperm (testicle/testis).
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gonadTestis of the male; ovary of the female.
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gonadThe gland that produces the gametes in male and female animals
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gonad1880, from Modern Latin gonas (plural gonades), coined from Greek gone, gonos "child, offspring; seed, that which engenders; birth, childbirth; race, stock, family," related to gignesthai &q [..]
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gonadA reproductive organ, testis or ovary, that produces gametes and sex hormones. gonadotropic hormones
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gonadthen name that is given to either of the primary male and female sex organs, the testis or the ovary.
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gonadReproductive organ producing gametes.
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gonad(n) a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced
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gonadAny of the usually paired organs in animals that produce reproductive cells (gametes). These include female ovaries, which produce eggs, and male testes, which produce sperm. Gonads also secrete hormo [..]
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gonadThe gamete-producing glands, Ovary or Testis.
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gonadreproductive organ – source of gametes
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gonad Primary sex gland. Testis in the male and ovary in the female.
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gonadOrgan that produces spermatozoa in the male, the testicle, and the egg cells in the female, the ovary.
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gonadPrimary sex gland: testis in the male and ovary in the female.
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gonadSexual organ (testes and ovaries in animals).
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gonad
(anatomy) A sex organ that produces gametes; specifically, a testicle or ovary.
(slang,in the plural) The testicles.
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gonadA gonad is an organ that produces reproductive cells (gametes). The ovaries and testes are gonads.
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gonada sex gland, either an ovary or a testis.
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