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Etymology

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From gono- +‎ cyst.

Noun

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gonocyst (plural gonocysts)

  1. A membrane around the spermatogonia in the male gonads.
    • 2013, Rabindra N. Chatterjee, Lucas Sanchez, Genome Analysis in Eukaryotes, page 71:
      The spermatogonia continue to reside in the gonocyst and form spermatocyte, which begins to increase in size.
  2. An expansion of the zoarium in which multiple embryos develop.
    • 1972, I͡Uriĭ Aleksandrovich Orlov, Fundamentals of Paleontology: Bryozoa, page 76:
      Ovicell in the form of a pyramidal hemispherical sac ( gonocyst ) with a terminal oeciostome, formed on the coalesced distal cells, Axis of the ovicell parallel to the axis of the cells.
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