gonad
Americannoun
noun
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an animal organ in which gametes are produced, such as a testis or an ovary
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slang a foolish or stupid person
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Etymology
Origin of gonad
1875–80; < New Latin gonad- (stem of gonas ), equivalent to gon- gon- + -ad- -ad 1
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In humans, mutations in WT1 can lead to Frasier syndrome, which causes impaired kidney function and gonad development.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2023
An increase in gonad hormone levels inhibits GnRH production through a negative feedback loop.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
In 2011, researchers showed that if another key ovarian gene, RSPO1, is not working normally, it causes XX people to develop an ovotestis—a gonad with areas of both ovarian and testicular development.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 22, 2018
“What you do is you insert a small part of a nucleus into the gonad of a live oyster,” says Paul Birch, general manager of Willie Creek Pearl Farm.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 2, 2016
I understood that both these things grew out of the same fetal gonad, but that didn’t matter.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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