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Webster 1913 Edition
Spermatogonium
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Sperˊma-to-go′ni-um
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], sperm + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] offspring.]
(Physiol.)
A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminal tubules. It divides into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells (spermoblast), which in turn give rise to spermatozoids.