ootid

[oh-uh-tid]

noun Cell Biology.

the cell that results from the meiotic divisions of an oocyte and matures into an ovum.

Origin of ootid

First recorded in 1905–10; oo- + (sperma)tid

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British Dictionary definitions for ootid

ootid

noun

zoology an immature female gamete that develops into an ovum

Word Origin for ootid

C20: from oo- + (sperma) tid

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ootid in Medicine

ootid

[ō′ə-tĭd′]

n.

The nearly mature ovum after the first maturation division has been completed and the second initiated.