Usually means: Byproduct of oocyte meiotic division.
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▸ noun:  (biology) One of the small cells that are by-products of the meiosis that forms an egg.

Similar:
polocyte, ovum, spermatid, egg cell, gamete, spermoblast, embryoblast, blastomere, oogamete, idiosome, more...

Opposite:
sperm, egg, gamete

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Similar:
polocyte, ovum, spermatid, egg cell, gamete, spermoblast, embryoblast, blastomere, oogamete, idiosome, more...

Opposite:
sperm, egg, gamete



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