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Meaning of "gonad" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GONAD

From New Latin gonas, from Greek gonos seed.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GONAD

gonad  [ˈɡɒnæd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GONAD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gonad is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GONAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

gonad

Sex organ

A sex organ or primary sexual characteristic, as narrowly defined, is any anatomical part of the body involved in sexual reproduction and constituting the reproductive system in a complex organism, especially the external sex organs; the external sex organs are also commonly referred to as the genitalia or genitals. Flowers are the reproductive organs of flowering plants, cones are the reproductive organs of coniferous plants, whereas mosses, ferns, and other similar plants have gametangia for reproductive organs.

Definition of gonad in the English dictionary

The definition of gonad in the dictionary is an animal organ in which gametes are produced, such as a testis or an ovary. Other definition of gonad is a foolish or stupid person.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GONAD


maenad
ˈmiːnæd
menad
ˈmiːnæd
monad
ˈmɒnæd
pseudomonad
ˌsjuːdəʊˈməʊnæd
trichomonad
ˌtrɪkəʊˈmɒnæd
ulnad
ˈʌlnæd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GONAD

gomuti
gomuti palm
gonadal
gonadectomised
gonadectomized
gonadectomy
gonadial
gonadic
gonadotrophic
gonadotrophin
gonadotropic
gonadotropin
Goncharov
Goncourt
Gond
Gondar
Gondi
gondola
gondolier

WORDS THAT END LIKE GONAD

ad
ahead
bad
cad
dad
dead
download
glad
had
head
Hyderabad
instead
iPad
lead
load
mad
overhead
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read

Synonyms and antonyms of gonad in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gonad» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GONAD

Find out the translation of gonad to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gonad from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gonad» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

生殖腺
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gónada
570 millions of speakers

English

gonad
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जननपिंड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغدد التناسلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гонада
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gônada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডিম্বাশয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gonade
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gonad
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gonade
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

生殖腺
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

생식선
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gonad
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tuyến sinh dục
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சனனி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोनाड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gonad
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gonade
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gonad
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гонада
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gonad
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

γονάδων
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

gonadotrofien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gonad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gonade
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gonad

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GONAD»

The term «gonad» is regularly used and occupies the 96.553 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GONAD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gonad» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gonad» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gonad

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GONAD»

Discover the use of gonad in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gonad and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Marine and Freshwater Products Handbook
denser; loop of alimentary canal visible, sometimes protruding from the gonad surface. Maturing II (filling): Gonad larger and thicker but somewhat flabby because of water within the gonad. Testis white, ovary light red; follicles clearly visible.
Roy E. Martin, Emily Paine Carter, George J. Flick, Jr., 2000
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Blaustein's Pathology of the Female Genital Tract
Because the wavy, cortical-type stroma typically seen in the female gonad can be found in both female and male gonads and therefore is nonspecific, iollicular structures must be identified to classify gonadal tissue as ovarian and seminiferous ...
Ancel Blaustein, Robert J. Kurman, 2002
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Marine Mussels, Their Ecology and Physiology
Arbitrary scheme of classifying the gonad condition Several schemes for classifying gonad condition in Mytilus have been used. Johnstone (1898) outlined a method which was subsequently developed by Chipperfield (1953), Lubet (1957) ...
Brian Leicester Bayne, 1976
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Handbook of Stem Cells
Vascular precursors also migrate into the gonad from the mesonephros in a male -specific manner (see the section "Vascular Endothelial Cells"). OTHER SOMATIC CELL TYPES Besides presupporting, presteroidogenic, and prevascular cells, ...
Robert Paul Lanza, 2004
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Sertoli Cell Biology
Inactivation of both Wt1 alleles results in embryonic lethality and a failure of kidney and gonadal development [23]. Wt1 expression occurs in the genital ridge of the indifferent gonad around 9.5 dpc (Fig. 4.2) and then becomes localized to the ...
Michael K. Skinner, Michael D. Griswold, 2004
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Transgenic Animals
(1982) who rescued a nonsense mutation by injection of suppressor tRNA in the syncytial gonad. Stinchcomb et al. (1985) then showed that injected DNA could be maintained in transgenic lines as extrachromosomal arrays. Fire (1986) used  ...
Louis-Marie Houdebine, 1997
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Edible Sea Urchins: Biology and Ecology
Chapter. 3. Biochemical. and. Energy. Requirements. of. Gonad. Development. Adam. G. Marsha. and. Stephen. A. Wattsb. aCollege ofMarine Studies, University ofDelaware, Lewes, DE (USA). bDepartment of Biology, University ofAlabama at ...
John M. Lawrence, 2006
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The Sea Urchin: Proceedings of the Workshop at the ...
T. Unuma National Research Institute of Aquaculture, Nansei, Japan ABSTRACT: The sea urchin gonad contains two main types of the cells: nutritive phagocytes ( NPs) and germ cells (GCs). NPs store nutrients necessary for gametogenesis, ...
Paul de Bijl, 2002
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From Gene to Animal: An Introduction to the Molecular ...
the gonad arm reflexes back on itself) the germ-line nuclei become completely enclosed by membranes and begin to differentiate into germ cells. Moving proximally, successively later stages of germ-cell maturation can be observed. Mature ...
David de Pomerai, 1990
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Reproduction, Genetics and Distributions of Marine ...
Gonad weight in the 7-Isochrysis treatment was significantly different from the kelp treatments, but SNK detected no other differences. The less conservative Least Significant Difference (LSD) test indicated that the two phytoplankton diets were ...
John Stanley Ryland, Paul A. Tyler, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GONAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gonad is used in the context of the following news items.
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I Tried Some Aphrodisiacs, and Didn't Even Get a Stupid Placebo …
Calling uni “sea urchin roe” on the menu is something of a misnomer–what you get at the sushi counter is a sea urchin gonad, whole, on a bed ... «Gizmodo UK, Jul 15»
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[Media Coverage] Young Investigators' Stem Cell Symposium …
No body worries about making a liver; but if you talk about making a brain or a gonad, then they get worried. Also the whole new technology of ... «Biotechin.Asia, Jul 15»
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This Flatworm Injects Itself In The Head With Sperm
After waiting several days, they scored the amount of sperm the worms received in their head, tail, and gonad region. The worms in groups had ... «Popular Science, Jul 15»
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Do Genre Labels Matter Anymore?
... in an array of languages, all having to do with the act of creation, reproduction, invention or growth: “engine,” “gonad,” “nascent,” “germinate.”. «New York Times, Jun 15»
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This week's follow: John Barton
Waves had the 'Gonad Man' comic, which was pretty hard to beat as a 13-year-old with a comedic arsenal that was largely made up of nut ... «Red Bull, Jun 15»
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Slavic – Eurasian Fighters: Why are they So Dominant?
... would hit the other, and the other would hit back and so on (just think of Cartman's roshambo but with fists and thrown above the gonad area). «ringsidereport.com, Jun 15»
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The Strokes Hyde Park review: The genre-defining New Yorkers still …
... riff from A-Ha's Take On Me and saw Casablancas offer up some gonad-defying high notes, that offered a moment of real musical adventure. «Evening Standard, Jun 15»
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As the State Turns: The Dammit Oregon, You're Doing It Wrong …
... their respective gonad zones. The immediate expansion of a home repair program will significantly lessen the burden on some lower income ... «The Corvallis Advocate, Jun 15»
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Instant turbidity reading from smartphone
"In fact, the gonad is food for Sabah's Sea Bajaus," she pointed out. A note of sobriety however. "Marine treasures which take years to build up ... «Daily Express, Jun 15»
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This “genetic switch” could explain the big gonad decision
A groundbreaking study could answer fundamental questions about gender and sex determination, and the process by which cells become ... «SlashGear, Jun 15»

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