Main Entry: sper·mato·gen·e·sis

Pronunciation: \(ˌ)spər-ˌma-tə-ˈje-nə-səs\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin

Date: 1881

: the process of male gamete formation including formation of a spermatocyte from a spermatogonium, meiotic division of the spermatocyte, and transformation of the four resulting spermatids into spermatozoa

— sper·mato·gen·ic \-ˈje-nik\ adjective