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Definition of Oosperm
1. Noun. (biology) The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoon in impregnation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oosperm
1. a fertilized egg [n -S]
Medical Definition of Oosperm
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Oosperm
| oorah oorali ooralis oorial oorials oorie oorier ooriest oos oose | ooses oosier oosiest oosome oospere oosphere oospheres oosporangia oosporangium oospore | oospores oosporic oostegite oostegites oosterboschite oosy oot ootheca |
Literary usage of Oosperm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1905)
"On impregnation follows the process of segmentation of the oosperm. The nucleus
first divides into two ; then the ..."
2. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1895)
""By repeated division of the first or oosperm nucleus" is the suggested answer
to this question; but it is a curious and very suggestive fact that these ..."
3. Heredity and Environment in the Development of Men by Edwin Grant Conklin (1922)
"oosperm or Zygote a Double Being.—This union of a single spermatozoon ... In the
fusion of egg and sperm a new individual, the oosperm, comes into being. ..."
4. Heredity and Environment in the Development of Men by Edwin Grant Conklin (1922)
"oosperm or Zygote a Double Being.—This union of a single spermatozoon with an
egg is known as fertilization. Whereas egg cells are usually, ..."
5. A Text-book of the Principles of Animal Histology by Ulric Dahlgren, William Allison Kepner (1908)
"The dividing oosperm may transmit to its descendants all of its qualities and
... A, second cleavage division of the oosperm of Ascaris, showing the first ..."
6. An Elementary Course of Practical Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Newton Parker (1900)
"the oosperm—the impregnated egg or unicellular embryo (compare pp. 197 and 198).
The fertilizing process is thus seen to consist essentially in the union of ..."
7. The Diseases of Women: A Handbook for Students and Practitioners by John Bland-Sutton, Arthur Edward Giles (1906)
"The events which follow the retention of an oosperm in a Fallopian tube vary ...
But when an oosperm is retained in the portion traversing the uterine wall ..."
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