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spermatogenesis

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spermatogenesis /sper·ma·to·gen·e·sis/ (-jen´ĕ-sis) the process of formation of spermatozoa, including both spermatocytogenesis and spermiogenesis.
sper·mat·o·gen·e·sis (spr-mt-jn-ss, spûrm-t-)
n.
Formation and development of spermatozoa by meiosis and spermiogenesis. Also called spermatocytogenesis.
sper·mato·ge·netic (-j-ntk), sper·mato·genic (-jnk) adj.
Spermatogenesis
The process by which sperm develop to become mature sperm, capable of fertilizing an ovum.
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spermatogenesis
[spərmat′əjen′əsis, spur′-]
Etymology: Gk, sperma + genesis, origin
the process of development of spermatozoa, consisting of two stages. In the first stage, spermatogonia become spermatocytes, which develop into spermatids. In the second stage, called spermiogenesis, the spermatids become spermatozoa. Also called spermatocytogenesis, spermiogenesis. spermatogenic, spermatogenous, adj.
spermatogenesis [sper″mah-to-jen´ĕ-sis]
the development of mature spermatozoa from spermatogonia; it includes spermatocytogenesis and spermiogenesis.
spermatogenesis
the development of mature spermatozoa from spermatogonia; it includes spermatocytogenesis and spermiogenesis.
spermatogenesis
Physiology The production of male sex gametes; the maturational changes that transform spermatids into spermatozoa. See Sperm.
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