Medical Definition of Sperm-aster

1. Cytocentrum with astral rays in the cytoplasm of an inseminated ovum; it is brought in by the penetrating spermatozoon and evolves into the mitotic spindle of the first cleavage division. Origin: sperm + G. Aster, a star (aster) (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sperm-aster

spenses
spent
spent
speos
speoses
speract
Spergula
Spergularia
Spergularia rubra
Spergula arvensis
sperling
sperling
sperlings
sperm
sperm
sperm-aster (current term)
sperm-ovum interactions
spermaceti
spermaceti
spermacetis
spermacytic seminoma
spermagglutination
spermagonia
spermagonium
spermalist
spermaphore
spermaries
spermary
spermary
spermatheca

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