Organ or Tissue Function
oogenesis Audio
o·o·gen·e·sis [ oh-uh-jen-uh-sis ]
Subclass of:
Gametogenesis
Definitions related to oogenesis:
  • Process of germ cell development in the female from the primordial germ cells through oogonia to the mature haploid ova.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The complete process of formation and maturation of an ovum or female gamete from a primordial female germ cell. Examples of this process are found in Mus musculus and Drosophila melanogaster.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • The development of ovum, which are the female germ cells. Oogenesis occurs by meiosis and is essential for the production of mature eggs.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The process of germ cell development in the female from the primordial germ cells through OOGONIA to the mature haploid ova (OVUM).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Oogenesis, in the human female reproductive system, growth process in which the primary egg cell (or ovum) becomes a mature ovum. In any one human generation, the egg's development starts before the female that carries it is even born; 8 to 20 weeks after the fetus has started to grow, cells that...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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