OOCYTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oocyte mean? 

• OOCYTE (noun)
  The noun OOCYTE has 1 sense:

1. a female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions

  Familiarity information: OOCYTE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OOCYTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("oocyte" is a kind of...):

gametocyte (an immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis)

 Context examples 

The specialized cytoplasm in an oocyte.

(Ooplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

The specialized plasma membrane of an oocyte.

(Oolemma, NCI Thesaurus)

Initially, ovarian granulosa cells create a single layer surrounding an oocyte.

(Ovarian Granulosa Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

The discharge of a secondary oocyte from a vesicular follicle of the ovary.

(Ovulation, NCI Thesaurus)

PKA also regulates the initiation of oocyte maturation through other effects that are independent of PKA activity.

(Oocyte Maturation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

In vertebrates, immature oocytes are arrested at the PI (prophase of meiosis I).

(Oocyte Meiosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

This allele, which encodes bone morphogenetic protein 15, plays a role in oocyte maturation and follicular development.

(BMP15 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

It is thought that this protein may be involved in oocyte maturation and follicular development as a homodimer or by forming heterodimers with a related protein, Gdf9.

(Bone Morphogenetic Protein 15, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

A collection of mitochondria, germinal plasm and fragments of both the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi that is found next to the nucleus during early stages of oocyte development.

(Balbiani Body, NCI Thesaurus)

Methods for preserving egg cells such as oocyte cryopreservation in liquid nitrogen.

(Egg Preservation, NCI Thesaurus)