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Exposure to organic carbon showed negative impacts with oocyte survival, fertilization and embryo quality, the study said.
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Tracy J. Wholf, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2025
This law, which won’t take effect until July 2025, will require large group health care service plans to cover up to three oocyte (egg) retrievals.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 27 Dec. 2024
Each curve shows the percentage likelihood by age of having at least one live birth based on the number of mature eggs (oocytes) retrieved and frozen.
—Marina Gerner, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2024
The egg, or oocyte, is contained inside a follicle.
—Rachel Gurevich, Parents, 25 July 2024
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Tracy J. Wholf, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2025
This law, which won’t take effect until July 2025, will require large group health care service plans to cover up to three oocyte (egg) retrievals.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 27 Dec. 2024
Each curve shows the percentage likelihood by age of having at least one live birth based on the number of mature eggs (oocytes) retrieved and frozen.
—Marina Gerner, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2024
The egg, or oocyte, is contained inside a follicle.
—Rachel Gurevich, Parents, 25 July 2024
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“Oocyte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oocyte. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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oocyte
noun
oo·cyte
ˈō-ə-ˌsīt 
: an egg before maturation : a female gametocyte
called also ovocyte
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