spermatid
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spermatid
[sper´mah-tid]a cell produced by meiotic division of a secondary spermatocyte; it develops into the spermatozoon.
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sper·ma·tid
(sper'mă-tid),A cell in a late stage of the development of the spermatozoon; it is a haploid cell derived from the secondary spermatocyte and differentiates by spermiogenesis into a spermatozoon.
Synonym(s): nematoblast
[spermat- + -id (2)]
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spermatid
(spûr′mə-tĭd)n.
Any of the four haploid cells that are formed by meiosis from a spermatocyte and that develop into spermatozoa without further division.
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sper·ma·tid
(spĕr'mă-tid)A cell in a late stage of the development of the sperm; it is a haploid cell derived from the secondary spermatocyte and evolves by spermiogenesis into a sperm.
[spermat- + -id (2)]
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spermatid
a haploid stage in male GAMETO GENESIS.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005