oogonium
noun
one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to oocytes.
oogonia
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pluralof oogonium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At about 5 months gestation, the ovaries contain approximately six to seven million oogonia, which initiate meiosis.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The oogonia produce primary oocytes that are arrested in prophase I of meiosis from the time of birth until puberty.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Without SRY, different genes are expressed, oogonia form, and primordial follicles develop in the primitive ovary.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Unlike spermatogonia, however, oogonia form primary oocytes in the fetal ovary prior to birth.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
During the formation of the oogonia there arise from its pedicel or from neighbouring filaments slight cylindrical curved branches, sometimes turned round the support of the oogonia, and which all tend towards this organ.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
