spermatid /sper·ma·tid/ (sper´mah-tid) a cell derived from a secondary spermatocyte by fission, and developing into a spermatozoon.
spermatid
sper·ma·tid (spûr m -t d)n. Any of the four haploid cells formed by meiosis in a male organism that develop into spermatozoa without further division. |
spermatid
[spur′mətid, spərmat′id]
Etymology: Gk, sperma, seed
a male germ cell that arises from a spermatocyte and becomes a mature spermatozoon in the last phase of spermatogenesis.
spermatid
a cell produced by meiotic division of a secondary spermatocyte; it develops into the spermatozoon.
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