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Merriam Webster's
noun (plural spermatogonia) Etymology: New Latin Date: 1861 a primitive male germ cell • spermatogonial adjective
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n. (pl. spermatogonia) a cell produced at an early stage in the formation of spermatozoa, from which spermatocytes develop. Etymology: SPERM + mod.L gonium f. Gk gonos offspring, seed
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Spermatogonium Sper`ma*to*go"ni*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ????, ???, sperm + ??? offspring.] (Physiol.) A primitive seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminal tubules. It divides into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells (spermoblast), which in turn give rise to spermatozoids.
