Associations to the word «Gamete»

Wiktionary

GAMETE, noun. (cytology) A reproductive cell (male (sperm) or female (egg)) that has only half the usual number of chromosomes.

Dictionary definition

GAMETE, noun. A mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King