Definition of spermatozoon. Meaning of spermatozoon. Synonyms of spermatozoon

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Definition of spermatozoon

spermatozoon
Spermatozoid Sper`ma*to*zo"id, n. [Spermatozo["o]n + Gr. ??? form.] (Biol.) The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also spermatozo["o]n. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid.
Spermatozoon
Spermatozoon Sper`ma*to*zo"["o]n, n.; pl. Spermatozoa. [NL., fr. Gr. ???, sperm + ??? an animal.] (Biol.) Same as Spermatozoid.

Meaning of spermatozoon from wikipedia

- A ****tozoon (/spərˌmætəˈzoʊ.ən, ˌspɜːrmətə-/; also spelled ****tozoön; pl.: ****tozoa; from Ancient Gr**** σπέρμα (spérma) 'seed', and ζῷον (zôion) 'animal')...
- an ovum, and a male produces the smaller type, called a sperm cell or ****tozoon. Sperm cells are small and motile due to the presence of a tail-shaped...
- such as mammals, paternal mitochondria brought to the oocyte by the ****tozoon are degraded through the attachment of ubiquitinated proteins. The destruction...
- inside the male gonads (****s) via meiotic division. The initial ****tozoon process takes around 70 days to complete. The process starts with the...
- movement within a living organism, especially a motile gamete such as a ****tozoon (in the case of algae now zoid), or an independent animal-like organism...
- or egg cell) is considered female, while the smaller gamete (called a ****tozoon, or sperm cell) is considered male. An individual that produces large...
- the end of the process, it has radically transformed into an elongated ****tozoon, complete with a head, midpiece, and tail. The process of spermiogenesis...
- division. Usually 23 chromosomes from ****tozoon and 23 chromosomes from egg cell fuse (approximately half of ****tozoons carry X chromosome and the other...
- mature ****tozoon. It was once called "apical body" because of its location, or "perforatorium" on the ****umption that it might ****ist the ****tozoon boring...
- Isogamy Germ cell Meiosis Gametogenesis ****togenesis Oogenesis Gamete ****tozoon ovum Fertilization External fertilization Internal fertilization ****ual...