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gonad

go·nad

UK/ˈɡəʊ.næd/ US/ˈɡoʊ.næd/ uncommon slang

noun

1.

a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced

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Origin

From 1880 New Latin gonadēs, plural of New Latin gonas, coined from Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ, “seed, begetting, birth, offspring”), from γίγνεσθαι (gígnesthai, “be born”).

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