Primary oocytes

oocyte /oo·cyte/ (-sīt) the immature female reproductive cell prior to fertilization; derived from an oogonium. It is a primary o. prior to completion of the first maturation division, and a secondary o. in the period between the first and second maturation divisions .

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A cell from which an egg or ovum develops by meiosis; a female gametocyte.

oocyte

[ō′əsīt]

Etymology: Gk, oon + kytos, cell

a primordial or incompletely developed ovum.

oocyte [o´o-sīt]

an immature ovum; it is derived from an oogonium, and is called a primary oocyte prior to completion of the first maturation division, and a secondary oocyte between the first and second maturation division.

oocyte

an immature ovum; it is derived from an oogonium, and is called a primary oocyte prior to completion of the first maturation division, and a secondary oocyte between the first and second maturation division.

oocyte

Egg Histology The female reproductive or germ cell. Cf Sperm.

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assisted reproduction capacitation fecundation fertilization gamete intrafallopian transfer gametocyte gamogenesis GIFT in vitro fertilization in vivo fertilization ooblast oocyte donation oogonium ootid ovular ovulation ovum passive transfer polar body biopsy	0 Follicles are elongated and often isolated in abundant connective tissue with walls consisting of primary oocytes of homogeneous size. Prospective culture of the Cortez oyster Crassostrea corteziensis ... by Chavez-Villalba, Jorge; Hernandez-Ibarra, Andres; Lopez-Tapia, Maria R.; Mazon-Suastegui, Jose M. / Journal of Shellfish Research In some individuals, ovaries contained only oogonia, but in other females at a more advanced stage of development and with larger ovaries, both oogonia and primary oocytes in the perinucleolar stage were present. Assessing the sensitivity of different life stages for sexual ... by Tyler, Charles R. / Environmental Health Perspectives Resting Ovary containing small primary oocytes and oocytes with perinuclear nucleoli (<0. Reproductive dynamics of female spotted seatrout (Cynoscion ... by Roumillat, William A.; Brouwer, Myra C. / Fishery Bulletin	Primary headache primary health care primary hemochromatosis primary hemorrhage primary herpetic stomatitis primary histoplasmosis primary host primary hyperoxaluria primary hyperoxaluria and oxalosis primary hyperparathyroidism primary hypertension primary intention primary iritis primary lateral sclerosis primary lesion Primary Loss primary lung cancer primary lymphoma of brain primary lysosome primary machinery of life primary mental health care clinician primary nondisjunction primary nurse primary nursing primary oocyte Primary oocytes primary organizer Primary osteoarthritis primary ovarian follicle primary palate primary pentosuria Primary personality primary physician primary pneumonic plague primary polycythemia primary prevention primary process primary processes Primary progressive primary progressive aphasia primary proximal RTA primary pulmonary lobule primary reaction primary relationships primary respiratory impulse primary response primary sclerosing cholangitis primary sensation primary sequestrum primary sex character primary sex characteristic	Primary Name Server primary narcissism primary narcissism primary narcissism primary narcissism Primary National Strategy Learning Network Primary Navigation Display Primary Navy Enlisted Classification Primary Negative Motor Area Primary Network Operations and Control Center Primary Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Skin Primary Next Of Kin Primary Non Hodgkin Breast Lymphoma Primary Non-Commissioned Officer Course primary nondisjunction Primary Nonrefluxing Megaureter Primary Nuclear Airlift Force primary nurse Primary Nurse Care Coordinator Primary nursing Primary Objective primary occlusal traumatism by food primary occlusal traumatism by food Primary Ocean/Oceanographic Prediction System Primary Off-Center Ratio Primary offering Primary Olfactory Neuron primary oocyte primary oocyte primary oocyte Primary oocytes Primary oöcytes Primary oöcytes Primary oöcytes Primary Open Angle Glaucoma Primary Open Market Operation Primary Operand Execution Pipeline Primary Operating System primary optic axis Primary Option Menu Primary Options for Acute Care primary organizer primary organizer primary organizer primary organizer primary orogeny Primary osteoarthritis Primary Other Aircraft Inventory Primary Ovarian Carcinoid Tumor Primary Ovarian Epithelial Cancer Primary ovarian failure Primary ovarian failure Primary ovarian failure primary ovarian follicle primary ovarian follicle primary ovarian follicle primary ovarian follicles primary ovarian follicles primary ovarian follicles Primary Ovarian Insufficiency Primary Packaging Quantity

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assisted reproduction
capacitation
fecundation
fertilization
gamete intrafallopian transfer
gametocyte
gamogenesis
GIFT
in vitro fertilization
in vivo fertilization
ooblast
oocyte donation
oogonium
ootid
ovular
ovulation
ovum
passive transfer
polar body biopsy

0 Follicles are elongated and often isolated in abundant connective tissue with walls consisting of primary oocytes of homogeneous size.

Prospective culture of the Cortez oyster Crassostrea corteziensis ... by Chavez-Villalba, Jorge; Hernandez-Ibarra, Andres; Lopez-Tapia, Maria R.; Mazon-Suastegui, Jose M. / Journal of Shellfish Research

In some individuals, ovaries contained only oogonia, but in other females at a more advanced stage of development and with larger ovaries, both oogonia and primary oocytes in the perinucleolar stage were present.

Assessing the sensitivity of different life stages for sexual ... by Tyler, Charles R. / Environmental Health Perspectives

Resting Ovary containing small primary oocytes and oocytes with perinuclear nucleoli (<0.

Reproductive dynamics of female spotted seatrout (Cynoscion ... by Roumillat, William A.; Brouwer, Myra C. / Fishery Bulletin

Primary headache

primary health care

primary hemochromatosis

primary hemorrhage

primary herpetic stomatitis

primary histoplasmosis

primary host

primary hyperoxaluria

primary hyperoxaluria and oxalosis