oocyte

See also: oöcyte

English

Alternative forms

• oöcyte

Etymology

From oo- +‎ -cyte.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊəsʌɪt/
• (US rare) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊ.oʊ.saɪt/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

oocyte (plural oocytes)

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

Hypernyms

• gametocyte

Coordinate terms

• spermatocyte

Derived terms

• intraoocyte
• oocytectomy
• oocytogenesis
• pro-oocyte

Translations

cell that develops into egg or ovum

• Catalan: oòcit m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卵母細胞 / 卵母细胞 (zh) (luǎnmǔxìbāo)

• Dutch: oöcyt (nl) m
• Esperanto: oocito, ovocito
• Finnish: ovosyytti, oosyytti (fi)
• French: ovocyte (fr) m
• German: Eizelle (de) f, Ei (de) n, Oozyt (de) m, Oozyte f
• Greek: ωοκύτταρο (el) n (ookýttaro)
• Icelandic: eggfruma f
• Italian: oocito, ovocito (it)
• Japanese: 卵母細胞 (らんぼさいぼう, ranbo saibō)
• Polish: oocyt (pl) m
• Portuguese: oócito (pt) m, ovócito (pt) m
• Spanish: oocito (es), ovocito (es)

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