Cell
oocyte Audio
o·o·cyte [ oh-uh-sahyt ]
Subclass of:
Ovum
Definitions related to oocytes:
  • Germ cell of the female sex.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • The female gamete, germ cells in stages between the prophase of the first maturation division and the completion of the second maturation division.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Female germ cells derived from OOGONIA and termed OOCYTES when they enter MEIOSIS. The primary oocytes begin meiosis but are arrested at the diplotene state until OVULATION at PUBERTY to give rise to haploid secondary oocytes or ova (OVUM).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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