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生殖細胞 (せいしょくさいぼう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

生せい殖しょく細さい胞ぼう

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Meanings

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noun

germ cell; reproductive cell

biology

Biology term for a cell involved in sexual reproduction, such as sperm or egg cells.

生せい殖しょく細さい胞ぼうは遺い伝でん情じょう報ほうを次じ世せ代だいに伝つたえる。
Germ cells pass genetic information to the next generation.

ヒト

の

生せい

殖しょく

細さい

胞ぼう

は

精せい

子し

と

卵らん

子し

で

ある

。

Human reproductive cells are sperm and egg cells.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
殖augment, increase, multiply
細dainty, get thin, taper
胞placenta, sac, sheath

Similar words

体たい細さい胞ぼう
体細胞 refers to somatic (body) cells, which are not involved in reproduction, unlike 生殖細胞.
精せい子し
精子 specifically means sperm cell, a type of male germ cell.
卵らん子し
卵子 specifically means egg cell, a type of female germ cell.

Etymology

Compound of 生殖 (reproduction) and 細胞 (cell). The term is a direct translation of the Western biological concept.