— spermatocytal , adj.
/sperr mat"euh suyt', sperr"meuh teuh-/ , n. Cell Biol.
a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids.
[ 1885-90; SPERMATO- + -CYTE ]