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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o·o·cyte (   -s t )n. 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.
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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.
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Egg Histology The female reproductive or germ cell. Cf Sperm.
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