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sex cell

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-007711

An egg cell in females or sperm cell in males. Each mature sex cell contains 23 chromosomes. When an egg combines with sperm, the fertilized egg normally contains a total of 46 chromosomes. Also called gamete and reproductive cell.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-007711
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsgamete; reproductive cell
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-007711",
  "term": "sex cell",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "An egg cell in females or sperm cell in males. Each mature sex cell contains 23 chromosomes. When an egg combines with sperm, the fertilized egg normally contains a total of 46 chromosomes. Also called gamete and reproductive cell.",
  "synonyms": [
    "gamete",
    "reproductive cell"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/sex-cell/"
}

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