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gam·ete

, g

-m

) KEY

NOUN:

A reproductive cell having the haploid number of chromosomes, especially a mature sperm or egg capable of fusing with a gamete of the opposite sex to produce the fertilized egg.

ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin gameta, from Greek gamet, wife, and gamets, husband from gamein, to marry, from gamos, marriage; see gem- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
ga·metic (-m

k) KEY (Adjective), ga·meti·cal·ly(Adverb)

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