Taber's Medical Dictionary
oocyte
(ō′ŏ-sīt″ )
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The stage in the development of an egg cell between the oogonium and the ovum.
SEE: ovocyte
SEE: oogenesis for illus
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Oocyte." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753781/all/oocyte.
Oocyte. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753781/all/oocyte. Accessed October 27, 2025.
Oocyte. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753781/all/oocyte
Oocyte [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 October 27]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753781/all/oocyte.
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