spermatoblast
nounEtymology From spermato- + -blast.
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Dated A spermatocyte.
- It does not, however, happen that the whole spermatosphere is converted into spermatoblasts; there remains a passive portion, which in the earthworm occupies a central position; this is the "sperm-blasophore," or "blastophoral cell."1880, Journal of Microscopy, volume 3:
- Derived terms
- spermatoblastic