oocyte
an immature egg cell of the animal ovary; in humans, one oocyte matures during the menstrual cycle, becoming an ootid and then an ovum, while several others partially mature and then disintegrate.
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My dog Stewie and I were in seat 8D, while 12 of my cryopreserved oocytes, four straws of three eggs each, had a window seat further back.
The Download: frozen egg transportation, and Roblox’s expressive avatars | Rhiannon Williams | September 12, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewWe—my dog Stewie and I—were in seat 8D, while 12 of my cryopreserved oocytes, four straws of three eggs each, had a window seat further back.
I took an international trip with my frozen eggs to learn about the fertility industry | Anna Louie Sussman | September 12, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewCells that harbored the chromosome change were then injected into oocytes—egg cells.
Scientists Use CRISPR to Condense a Million Years of Evolution Into Mere Months | Shelly Fan | September 11, 2022 | Singularity HubIn a report in the journal Science, published in July, his team reported “the reconstitution of functional follicle structures that are fully capable of supporting oocyte production.”
How Silicon Valley hatched a plan to turn blood into human eggs | Antonio Regalado | October 28, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewTake primordial oocytes, cells in the ovaries that can lie dormant for decades before maturing into an egg.
A Newfound Source of Cellular Order in the Chemistry of Life | Viviane Callier | January 7, 2021 | Quanta Magazine
British Dictionary definitions for oocyte
/ (ˈəʊəˌsaɪt) /
an immature female germ cell that gives rise to an ovum after two meiotic divisions
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Scientific definitions for oocyte
[ ō′ə-sīt′ ]
A diploid cell that undergoes meiosis to form eggs.
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