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Spermatocyte
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spermatocyte [spər′mad·ə‚sīt]
(histology)
A cell of the last or next to the last generation of male germ cells which differentiates to form spermatozoa.
Spermatocyte 

a male sexual cell derived from a spermatogonium. Two types of spermatocytés are distinguished: primary and secondary. Primary spermatocytes develop during the growth period, and secondary spermatocytés during the second meiotic division. The latter subsequently give rise to spermatids.
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