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Oocyte

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

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

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A cell that develops into an egg or ovum; a female gametocyte.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions

Word Usage

"Egg freezing is more technically known as oocyte cryopreservation, a technology by which a woman's eggs are surgically removed from her ovaries and frozen until she is ready to use them."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

gametocyte

Same Context

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