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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

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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