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immature
Quality of an egg that has not grown and matured sufficiently to be suitable for fertilisation.
Grammatical category Adjective
Field Cell biology
Level of specialization Medium
Definition source Propia
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Spanish

inmaduro-ra
Examples
Some agents act directly on immature oocytes disturbing DNA alteration and apoptosis to avoid cell death and atresia.
The procedure resulted in the cryopreservation of three immature oocytes and ovarian tissue fragments.
Collocations
WITH NOUNS
immature oocytes | sperm | germ cells | chromatin