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Topic: BIOLOGY

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Modern Latin
Origin: gameta, from Greek gametes 'husband'

gamete

 noun
     
gam‧ete [countable] technical
HB a type of cell which joins with another cell, starting the development of a baby or other young creature
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