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ALL meanings of oocyte

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  • noun oocyte an immature egg cell of the animal ovary; in humans, one oocyte matures during the menstrual cycle, becoming an ootid and then an ovum, while several others partially mature and then disintegrate. 1
  • noun oocyte A cell in an ovary that may undergo meiotic division to form an ovum. 1
  • noun oocyte an immature female germ cell that gives rise to an ovum after two meiotic divisions 0
  • noun oocyte an egg that has not yet undergone maturation 0
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