gonadal en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ǵíǵn̥h₁eti Proto-Hellenic *gígnomai Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ) Ancient Greek -άζω (-ázō) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) New Latin gonadēsbor. English gonad English -al English gonadal From gonad + -al.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the gonads
In the future, artificial means of reproduction will become possible. Perhaps we will inject the genetic material from one of each partner's sperm into either a synthetic human cell or a gonadal cell with its own nuclear DNA removed beforehand, and grow the resulting emmbryo to term in an artificial uterus.
1987 April 25, Robert Halfhill, “Genetically Superior Queers: Sound Biological Evidence”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
Deriveds
adrenogonadal · gonadally · intragonadal · extragonadal · epigonadal · splenogonadal · nongonadal · perigonadal · agonadal · urogonadal · eugonadal · hypogonadal · accessory gonadal structure
Translations (3)
eo gonada (of or pertaining to the gonads) · io gonadala (of or pertaining to the gonads) · nl gonadaal (of or pertaining to the gonads)