gametocyte /ga·me·to·cyte/ (-sīt)
gametocyte
1. a cell capable of dividing to form gametes; an oocyte or spermatocyte.
2. the sexual form, male or female, of certain sporozoa, such as malarial plasmodia, found in the erythrocytes, which may produce gametes when ingested by the secondary host. See also macrogametocyte and microgametocyte.
ga·me·to·cyte (g -m  t-s t )n. A cell from which gametes develop by meiotic division, especially a spermatocyte or an oocyte. |
gametocyte
[gəmē′tōsīt]
Etymology: Gk, gamete + kytos, cell
any cell capable of dividing into or in the process of developing into a gamete.
gametocyte
an oocyte or spermatocyte; a cell that produces gametes.
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