oogonium (redirected from Oögonia)

oogonium /oo·go·ni·um/ (-go´ne-um) pl. oogo´nia   [Gr.]

1. a primordial oocyte during fetal development; it is derived from a primordial germ cell and before birth becomes a primary oocyte.

2. the female reproductive structure in certain fungi and algae.

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o·o·go·ni·um (-gn-m)

n. pl. o·o·go·ni·ums or o·o·go·ni·a (-n-)

The primitive egg mother cell from which the oocytes develop.

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oo·goni·al (-n-l) adj.

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oogonium

pl. oogonia [Gr.] an ovarian egg during fetal development; near the time of birth it becomes a primary oocyte.