egg cell

noun

: ovum

Examples of egg cell in a Sentence

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In 2023, researchers at Osaka University in Japan led by Professor Katsuhiko Hayashi managed to turn the stem cells of male mice into egg cells. Marina Gerner, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2024 These genes are crucial for the formation and proper function of egg cells, which includes monthly ovulation and menstruation. Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 6 Aug. 2024 The egg cell, too, may have components from the donor dog, such as mitochondria, that influence how the cloned dog’s DNA is expressed. Alexandra Horowitz, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024 And although those chromosomes come from both parents, nearly all humans inherit their mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from their mother's egg cell. Sneha Khedkar, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for egg cell 

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of egg cell was in 1880

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“Egg cell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egg%20cell. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

egg cell

noun

Medical Definition

egg cell

noun
: ovum
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