sex cell

noun

a spermatozoon or an ovum; gamete.

Origin of sex cell

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby sex cell

sewn binding, sex, sex act, sex appeal, sex assignment, sex cell, sex cells, sex change, sex chromatin, sex chromosome, sex chromosome imbalance

Medical definitions for sex cells

sex cell

n.

germ cell

Scientific definitions for sex cells

sex cell

See gamete.

Cultural definitions for sex cells

sex cells

The sperm and egg of living things. Sex cells have only half the number of chromosomes that other cells (body cells) have. (See meiosis.)