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GERM CELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A spermatozoon or an ovum; a cell responsible for transmitting DNA to the next generation
Synonyms:
germ cell; reproductive cell; sex cell
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("germ cell" is a kind of...):
cell ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "germ cell"):
gamete (a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes)
Holonyms ("germ cell" is a part of...):
genital system; reproductive system (organs and tissues involved in the production and maturation of gametes and in their union and subsequent development as offspring)
Context examples:
This protein is involved in maintaining germ cells in an undifferentiated state.
(Nanos Homolog 3, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in maintaining germ cell lineages.
(NANOS3 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Germ cell derived ovarian choriocarcinoma should be differentiated from primary or metastatic gestational choriocarcinoma affecting the ovary.
(Ovarian Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Morphologically, it is identical to seminoma and consists of a monotonous population of germ cells with abundant pale cytoplasm and uniform nuclei.
(Ovarian Dysgerminoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The most common ovarian germ cell tumor is called dysgerminoma.
(Ovarian germ cell tumor, NCI Dictionary)
The development of ovum, which are the female germ cells.
(Oogenesis, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant germ cell tumor that arises from the ovary and is composed of cytotrophoblasts, syncytiotrophoblasts, and extravillous trophoblasts.
(Non-Gestational Ovarian Choriocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A group of testicular cancers that begin in the germ cells (cells that give rise to sperm).
(Non-Seminomatous Lesion, NCI Dictionary)
Germ cell tumors of the central nervous system other than germinoma.
(Nongerminomatous Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant mixed germ cell neoplasm that arises from the testis during childhood.
(Childhood Testicular Mixed Germ Cell Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
