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germinal vesicle

American  

noun

Embryology.

  1. the large, vesicular nucleus of an ovum before the polar bodies are formed.

germinal vesicle British  

noun

  1. biology the large nucleus of an oocyte before it develops into an ovum

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Etymology

Origin of germinal vesicle

First recorded in 1850–55

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