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Definition 2024

oocyte

oocyte

See also: oöcyte

English

Alternative forms

oöcyte

Noun

oocyte ‎(plural oocytes)

(cytology) A cell that develops into an egg or ovum; a female gametocyte.

Hypernyms

gametocyte

Coordinate terms

spermatocyte

Translations

cell that develops into egg or ovum

Catalan: oòcit m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 卵母細胞 (zh), 卵母细胞 (zh) ‎(luǎnmǔxìbāo)
Dutch: oöcyt (nl) m
Finnish: ovosyytti, oosyytti (fi)
French: ovocyte (fr) m
Greek: ωάριο (el) n ‎(oário)

Icelandic: eggfruma f
Italian: oocito, ovocito (it)
Japanese: 卵母細胞 ‎(らんぼさいぼう, ranbo saibō)
Portuguese: oócito (pt) m, ovócito (pt) m
Spanish: oocito (es), ovocito (es)

Anagrams

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