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Definitions for ovum
ˈoʊ vəm; ˈoʊ vəovum
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Princeton's WordNet
ovum, egg cellnoun
the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
Wiktionary
ovumnoun
The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.
Etymology: From ovum.
Wikipedia
ovum
The egg cell, or ovum (plural ova), is the female reproductive cell, or gamete, in most anisogamous organisms (organisms that reproduce sexually with a larger, female gamete and a smaller, male one). The term is used when the female gamete is not capable of movement (non-motile). If the male gamete (sperm) is capable of movement, the type of sexual reproduction is also classified as oogamous. A nonmotile female gamete formed in the oogonium of some algae, fungi, oomycetes, or bryophytes is an oosphere. When fertilized the oosphere becomes the oospore.When egg and sperm fuse during fertilisation, a diploid cell (the zygote) is formed, which rapidly grows into a new organism.
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ovum
An ovum is a mature female reproductive cell, also known as an egg, which can divide to give rise to an embryo usually only after fertilization by a male sperm cell. It is the largest cell in the human body and is typically produced by the ovaries in mammals.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Ovum
ō′vum, n. an egg: (biol.) the egg-cell, in all organisms the starting-point of the embryo, development beginning as soon as it is supplemented by the male-cell or spermatozoon:—pl. O′va. [L.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Ovum
A mature haploid female germ cell extruded from the OVARY at OVULATION.
Editors Contribution
ovum
An organism that produces an egg.
Female have ovum on a monthly cycle.
Submitted by MaryC on March 5, 2020
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ovum in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ovum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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- vajíčkoCzech
- Eizelle, OvumGerman
- munasoluFinnish
- ovuleFrench
- ביציתHebrew
- peteHungarian
- ձվաբջիջArmenian
- eggfruma, eggIcelandic
- 卵, 卵子Japanese
- 난자, 卵子Korean
- अंड, अंडकोशMarathi
- اوۏوم, ovumMalay
- óvuloPortuguese
- яйцекле́ткаRussian
- јајашце, jajašceSerbo-Croatian
- äggcellSwedish
- yumurta hücresi, yumurtaTurkish
- trứngVietnamese
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