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the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
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(L. ovum, egg; pl: ova) 1. A gamete of female animals, produced by the ovary.
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A mature egg cell. In the second meiotic division, the secondary oocyte produces two haploid cells; the large cell rapidly matures into the ovum.
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Egg released by the ovary.
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The female germ cell, or egg, from the earliest stage (the oogonium in the fetus), through its release from the follicle (ovulation), and (to professional embryologists) through fertilization up to and sometimes beyond the stage of implantation. See also blighted ovum. Plural: ova.
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