性せい腺せん

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

gonad; sexual gland

Biological term for the organ that produces gametes; used in medical and scientific contexts.

• 性せい腺せんは生せい殖しょく細さい胞ぼうを作つくる器き官かんです。

  The gonad is an organ that produces reproductive cells.

• この研けん究きゅうは性せい腺せんの発はっ達たつに焦しょう点てんを当あてている。

  This research focuses on the development of the gonads.