English Explanatory Dictionary

midpiece

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The part of a spermatozoon between the head and the tail; it consists of mitochondria, centrioles, and an axoneme.

Word forms

midpiece midpieces mid-piece

Etymology

From mid- + piece.

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