gamete

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Marriage is often actually defined as the gamete of the state.

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  1. 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.

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  • For the cross, Keith scouted around and picked up a batch of gamete-producing tissue from a healthy inbred high I.Q. family from one of those inbred southern small towns that get into the sex and scandal novels. —  Thrilling Wonder Stories April, 1953
  • During meiosis, genetic recombination also takes place, and as a result, each gamete is genetically unique from all others. —  CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
  • Marriage is often actually defined as the gamete of the state. —  reddit.com: what's new online!
  • First, the bill would eliminate all forms of payment for gamete (i.e. egg and sperm) donation. —  Bladewire - Washington Blade
  • One is in case the cell is an egg or sperm cell (a gamete), in a multicellular, sexually-reproducing organism, and the cell goes on to generate a new individual, which will inherit the damaged DNA. —  Science and Reason
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  1. New Latin gameta, from Greek gametē, wife and gametēs, husband, from gamein, to marry, from gamos, marriage; see gemə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Greek γαμέτη, a wife, γαμέτης, a husband, from γαμεῑν, marry, from γάμος, marriage.
 

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