Cell
oogonium Audio
o·o·go·ni·um [ oh-uh-goh-nee-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Ovum
Definitions related to oogonia:
  • Euploid female germ cells of an early stage of OOGENESIS, derived from primordial germ cells during ovarian differentiation. Oogonia undergo MEIOSIS and give rise to haploid OOCYTES
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (primary oocyte) An oocyte that is arrested in the diplotene stage of meiosis prophase 1.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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