Home › Words › G › gonocystgonocystgonocyst · noun — A membrane around the spermatogonia in the male gonads.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, gonocyst ranks #23,758 of 43,221 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom gono- + cyst.nounA membrane around the spermatogonia in the male gonads.e.g.“The spermatogonia continue to reside in the gonocyst and form spermatocyte, which begins to increase in size.” — 2013, Rabindra N. Chatterjee, Lucas Sanchez, Genome Analysis in Eukaryotes, page 71:An expansion of the zoarium in which multiple embryos develop.e.g.“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.” — 1972, I͡Uriĭ Aleksandrovich Orlov, Fundamentals of Paleontology: Bryozoa, page 76:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.spermatocystic 65% match — Relating to spermatocysts. vs gonocyst →sporophorocyst 63% match — A vesicle, in microsporidians, that contain sporoblasts and spores. vs gonocyst →spermatogonium 62% match — Any of the undifferentiated cells in the male gonads that become spermatocytes; a spermatoblast vs gonocyst →prospermatogonium 61% match — Synonym of gonocyte. vs gonocyst →cystoblast 60% match — A germ cell found in insects, which becomes the insect equivalent of a platelet (a cystocyte) instead of turning into a reproductive cell. vs gonocyst →spermatoblast 59% match — A spermatocyte. vs gonocyst →spermatocyte 59% match — A male gametocyte, from which a spermatozoon develops. vs gonocyst →coniocyst 58% match — A closed sporangium resembling a tubercule, containing a mass of spores. vs gonocyst →