Meaning

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

    Eizelle, Ei, Oozyt

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

Translations

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By meaning 1
cell that develops into egg or ovum:

Origin

Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der.

Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der.

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Forms

plural: oocytes
Singularoocyte
Pluraloocytes

regular

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
oocyte — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto