gonadal

adj

gonadal

adj

Etymology From gonad + -al.

1

Of or pertaining to the gonads

In the future, artificial means of reproduction will become possible. Perhaps we will inject the genetic material from one of each partner's sperm into either a synthetic human cell or a gonadal cell with its own nuclear DNA removed beforehand, and grow the resulting emmbryo to term in an artificial uterus.1987 April 25, Robert Halfhill, “Genetically Superior Queers: Sound Biological Evidence”, in Gay Community News, page 5:

Derived terms: accessory gonadal structure, adrenogonadal, agonadal, epigonadal, eugonadal, extragonadal, gonadally, hypogonadal, intragonadal, nongonadal, perigonadal, splenogonadal, urogonadal

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