— gametic /geuh met"ik/ , gametal /geuh meet"l/ , adj. — gametically , adv.
/gam"eet, geuh meet"/ , n. Biol.
a mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
[ 1885-90; gameta gamet- (s. of gameté wife, gamétes husband), deriv. of gameîn to marry ]