oocyte

noun

oo·cyte ˈō-ə-ˌsīt

: an egg before maturation : a female gametocyte

Examples of oocyte in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the ovary, the manipulated cell developed into an egg cell, or oocyte. —

Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2023 The fusion of a normal oocyte and three sperm (from one or more males). —

Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2010 To carry out the freeze-drying process, Wakayama’s team harvested support cells known as cumulus cells from around the oocyte of female black-furred mice. —

Megan Molteni, STAT, 8 July 2022 The nurse cells synthesize RNA molecules that are ultimately deposited into the oocyte. —

Discover Magazine, 15 May 2013 But during that cycle, only one dominant follicle matures completely to release the oocyte contained within it. —

Katherine Kornei, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2016 Sperm injection into a human oocyte, or immature egg cell. —

Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2016 Up to $60,000 in reimbursements are available for fertility/infertility treatment costs, adoption, surrogacy and oocyte cryopreservation. —

Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 8 May 2022 At age 35, Sun underwent oocyte cryopreservation, or egg freezing, yielding three to four eggs each cycle. —

Courtney Vinopal, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2022 See More

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