ovum
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ovum /ˈəʊvəm/
▶noun (pl. ova /ˈəʊvə/) Biology a mature female reproductive cell, which can divide to give rise to an embryo usually only after fertilization by a male cell.
– origin C18: from L., lit. ‘egg’.
'ovum' also found in these Oxford entries:
barrier method
- blastomere
- capacitate
- corpus luteum
- egg
- Graafian follicle
- identical
- menstruum
- monozygotic
- morula
- oo-
- oocyte
- oogenesis
- ova
- oval
- ovary
- ovi-
- oviduct
- ovoid
- ovolo
- ovotestis
- ovule
- parthenogenesis
- polyembryony
- pre-embryo
- primitive streak
- spermatozoon
- superfecundation
- superfetation
- vitelline membrane
- vitellus
- yolk
- zona pellucida
