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Oocytes

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eggsnouna 1995 Norwegian comedy film by Bent Hamer.
fertilizableCapable of being fertilized.
vitellogenicRelating to vitellogenesis.
xenopusnoun(Gk., ξενος, xenos = strange, πους, pous = foot, commonly known as the clawed frog) a genus of highly aquatic frogs native to sub-Saharan Africa.
embryonounIn the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.
spermatozoanoun(cytology) A reproductive cell or gamete of a male, carried in semen, that fertilizes an ovum to produce a zygote.
somatic cellnoun(cytology) Any normal cell of an organism that is not involved in reproduction; a cell that is not on the germline.
blastomeresnoun(biology) Any cell that results from division of a fertilized egg.
hepatocytesnounAny of the cells in the liver responsible for the metabolism of protein, carbohydrate and lipid and for detoxification.
spermnoun(countable) The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
blastocystnoun(biology) The mammalian blastula.
gametesnoun(cytology) A reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes.
spermatogenesisnounThe process of sperm production in the testes.
ovarynoun(anatomy) A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most animals, and in mammals, secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
corpus luteumnoun(anatomy) A yellow mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle in mammals; it secretes steroid hormones.
follicle stimulating hormonenoun(biochemistry) A gonadotropic glycoprotein hormone, secreted in part of the pituitary gland, that stimulates the growth of ovarian follicles in female mammals, and induces spermatogenesis in male mammals.
ovanoun(anime) Initialism of Original Video Animation, a direct-to-video anime.
folliclesnoun(anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.
oviductsnoun(anatomy, typically used in zoology) A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.
embryonic tissuenountissue in an embryo

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