ovum

ovum
= egg cell; n.
the mature female sex cell (see gamete). The term is often applied to the secondary oocyte although this is technically incorrect. The final stage of meiosis occurs only when the oocyte has been activated by fertilization.

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  • Ovum — O vum ([=o] v[u^]m), n.; pl. L. {Ova} ([=o] v[.a]), E. {Ovums} ([=o] v[u^]mz). [L., an egg. See {Oval}.] 1. (Biol.) A more or less spherical and transparent cell, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • OVUM — Graece Ω᾿ὸν, quomodo generetur, facunde persequitur Plin. l. 10. c. 35. qui et de vitiis et remediis incubantium, c. seq. ubi et quaedam citra incubitum, sponte naturae gignere, ut in Aegypti fimetis; memorat: scitum de quodam potore, illum… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Ovum — das; s, Ōva <aus lat. ovum »Ei«> Ei, Eizelle (Med., Biol.) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • ovum — (n.) (pl. ova), 1706, from L. ovum egg, cognate with Gk. oon, O.N. egg, O.E. æg, all from PIE root *awi egg (see EGG (Cf. egg) (n.)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • ovum — ȏvum m DEFINICIJA biol. jaje ETIMOLOGIJA lat. ovum …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • ovum — ovum. См. яйцеклетка. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Ovum — (lat.), ein Ei …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Ovum — (lat., ovulum), Ei (s. d.); ovulum abortivum, Abortivei, s. Mole, S. 32 …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Ovum — ⇒ Eizelle …   Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie

  • Ovum — Ovum,das:⇨Ei(I,1),Keimzelle(1) …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

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