oöcyte
See also: oocyte
English
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editoöcyte (plural oöcytes)
- Alternative spelling of oocyte
- 1913, Henry Gray, Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied[1], new American/18th English edition, Philadelphia, New York: Lea & Febiger, page 38:
- Each primitive germ cell gives rise, by repeated divisions, to a number of smaller cells termed oögonia, from which the ova or primary oöcytes are developed.