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ootid

[oh-uh-tid]
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noun Cell Biology.
  1. the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.
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Origin of ootid

First recorded in 1905–10; oo- + (sperma)tid
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British Dictionary definitions for ootid

ootid

noun
  1. zoology an immature female gamete that develops into an ovum
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Word Origin

C20: from oo- + (sperma) tid
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ootid in Medicine

ootid

(ō′ə-tĭd′)
n.
  1. The nearly mature ovum after the first maturation division has been completed and the second initiated.
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