What does -gonium mean? The combining form -gonium is used like a suffix meaning “gonium,” meaning "the germ cell during the phase marked by mitosis." The form -gonium is also used more generally to mean "seed" or "reproductive cell." It is occasionally used in scientific terms, especially in biology. The form -gonium comes from Greek gónos, meaning “seed, generation.”
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