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GONAD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced

Synonyms:

gonad; sex gland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("gonad" is a kind of...):

ductless gland; endocrine; endocrine gland (any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gonad"):

ovary ((vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone)

ovotestis (hermaphroditic gonad that contains both testicular and ovarian tissue)

ball; ballock; bollock; egg; nut; orchis; testicle; testis (one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens)

Derivation:

gonadal (of or relating to the gonads)

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 Context examples: 

Expressed in gonads, palcenta and brain, Aromatase and NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (reductase) are both highly conserved, essential components of the enzyme complex and essential for reproductive development and fertility.

(Aromatase, NCI Thesaurus)

Their morphologic and biologic profile corresponds to that of homologous germ cell tumors that arise in the gonads and in other extragonadal sites.

(Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes follicle-stimulating hormone receptor protein, plays a role in the regulation of female gamete generation, hormone signaling and gonad development.

(FSHR wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the modulation of hormone binding and signaling and the mediation of both gonad development and gamete differentiation.

(Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

It typically affects both gonads.

(Ovarian Gonadoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)