A female germ cell in the process of development. The oocyte is produced in the ovary by an ancestral cell called an oogonium and gives rise to the ovum (the egg), which can be fertilized.

(o-uh-sight) [Gk. oion, egg + kytos, vessel] A cell that gives rise by meiosis to an ovum.

1895, from oo- "egg" + -cyte "cell."

An immature ovum, egg.

Stage in formation of ovum, just preceding first meiotic division (primary oocyte) or just following first meiotic division (secondary oocyte). ooecium

noun. a cell within the ovary from which an ovum stems in oogenesis.

An egg cell that has not developed completely

(French : ovocyte, oocyte) An immature or unfertilized ovum, also called the egg.

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

An immature (undeveloped) female sex cell (egg).

female gamete or egg.

(n) a female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions

Developing egg cell.

Female Germ Cells derived from Oogonia and termed OOCYTES when they enter Meiosis. The primary oocytes begin Meiosis but are arrested at the diplotene state until Ovulation at Puberty to give rise to [..]

A female germ cell in the process of development. It gives rise to the ovum, which can be fertilized.

The gamete in females. See ovum.

The female reproductive cell also referred to as an egg.

The fully mature egg produced from the ovary each month.

(cytology) A cell that develops into an egg or ovum; a female gametocyte.

The female reproductive cell, also referred to as an egg.

The egg cell produced in the ovary, also called ovum, egg or gamete.