Oocytelike
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling or characteristic of an oocyte.
"Surprisingly, activation of oocytes occurred in the absence of meiotic resumption, resulting in cells with an oocytelike nucleus and interior cytoplasm, but with a zygotelike cortex."
Example
More examples"Surprisingly, activation of oocytes occurred in the absence of meiotic resumption, resulting in cells with an oocytelike nucleus and interior cytoplasm, but with a zygotelike cortex."
Etymology
From oocyte + -like.
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