spermatogenesis

English

Etymology

From spermato- +‎ -genesis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

spermatogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural spermatogeneses)

The process of sperm production in the testes.
(botany) The development of the male elements of a plant, such as antherozoids and pollen grains.

Derived terms

spermatogenetic

Translations

process of sperm production in the testes

Arabic: تَكَوُّن اَلْحَيَوَانَات اَلْمَنَوِّيَّة (takawwun al-ḥayawānāt al-manawwiyya)
Catalan: espermatogènesi f
Czech: spermatogeneze f
Dutch: spermatogenese (nl)
Faroese: spermatogeneesi
French: spermatogenèse (fr) f
German: Spermatogenese (de) f
Indonesian: spermatogenesis (id)
Irish: speirmitigineas m
Slovak: spermatogenéza f
Swedish: spermatogenes (sv)
Turkish: spermatogenez (tr)

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /spɛrmatoɡeˈnesis/ [spɛr.ma.t̪o.ɡeˈne.sɪs]
Rhymes: -esis
Syllabification: sper‧ma‧to‧ge‧ne‧sis

Noun

spermatogenesis (uncountable)

(biology, physiology) spermatogenesis

Related terms

sperma

Further reading

“spermatogenesis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016