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egg
A female reproductive cell that possesses a single set of chromosomes (haploid) and is developed and released periodically throughout a woman's fertile life.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Cell biology
Level of specialization Medium
Definition source glosario de Fertilidad
Starting age Between 12 and 18 years
Gender relationship Yes, woman
Specific to one sex Yes
Prevalence Woman
Variants
Synonym
Formal
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

óvulo
gameto femenino

Valenciano

òvul
Associated concepts
Type of
reproductive cell
Examples
On the day after, he was going to discard the preparation, but he observed that the egg cell was fertilised.
Conversely, ICSI involves the hand insertion of a single spermatozoon into a mature egg and is specifically recommended for instances of severe male infertility.
Collocations
WITH NOUNS
egg freezing | donation | collection | retrieval || thaw | fertilization || donor | provider | program | cycle || yolk
WITH VERBS
freeze | thaw | fertilize | retrieve | collect | donate | store | release | vitrify eggs
WITH ADJECTIVES
mature | frozen | donor | homologous | human eggs