- oocyte
- noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1895 an egg before maturation ; a female gametocyte
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Oocyte — Stripped human oocyte; granulosa cells that had surrounded this oocyte have been removed. Gray s subject #3 38 … Wikipedia
oocyte — oocyte. См. ооцит. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
oocyte — (n.) 1895, from OO (Cf. oo ) + cyte (see CYTO (Cf. cyto )) … Etymology dictionary
oocyte — [ō′ō sīt΄, ō′əsīt΄] n. [ OO + CYTE] Embryology an egg that has not yet undergone maturation … English World dictionary
oocyte — ovocyte [ ɔvɔsit ] n. m. • 1899; de ovo et cyte ♦ Biol. Gamète femelle qui n est pas encore arrivé à maturité. ⇒ ovule. On a dit aussi oocyte [ ɔɔsit ]. oocyte ou ovocyte n. m. BI … Encyclopédie Universelle
oocyte — oogonia become oocytes when meiosis begins and specialised cells surround each oocyte to form a follicle. The oocyte undergoes a maturation in preparation for spawning as an egg. The nucleus enlarges and its membrane becomes irregular, the… … Dictionary of ichthyology
oocyte — The egg mother cell; it undergoes two meiotic divisions (oogenesis) to form the egg cell. The primary oocyte refers to the state before completion of the first meiotic division; the secondary oocyte after completion of the first meiotic division … Glossary of Biotechnology
oocyte — /oh euh suyt /, n. Cell Biol. 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. [1890 95; OO +… … Universalium
oocyte — The immature ovum. SYN: ovocyte. [G. oon, egg, + kytos, a hollow (cell)] primary o. an o. during its growth phase and before it completes the first maturation division. secondary o. an o. in which the first meiotic division i … Medical dictionary
oocyte — n. a cell in the ovary that undergoes meiosis to form an ovum. Primary oocytes develop from oogonia in the fetal ovary as they enter the early stages of meiosis. Only a fraction of the primary oocytes survive until puberty, and even fewer will be … The new mediacal dictionary
oocyte — o•o•cyte [[t]ˈoʊ əˌsaɪt[/t]] n. cbl an immature egg cell of the animal ovary: in humans, one oocyte matures during the menstrual cycle while several others partially mature and disintegrate • Etymology: 1890–95 … From formal English to slang
