ovum
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Just as the human being emerges from the fertilized ovum, the creation of the possible is a natural gift and phenomenon we have been given as human beings.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2025
The fusion of these two membranes creates an opening through which the sperm nucleus is transferred into the ovum.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The second was what's called a "blighted ovum" where a gestational sac was found, but no embryo was developing.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2021
When a sperm and ovum combine during fertilization, the result is a single cell with a full set of genes, called the zygote.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2018
It is no longer necessary to guess about the storage of insecticides in the eggs of birds, which obviously lend themselves to this kind of observation more readily than the mammalian ovum.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
The bill defines female as having XX chromosomes, and a reproductive and endocrine system that produces or would produce ova, or eggs.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023
For example, in many mammal species, ova producers do most of the infant care.
From Scientific American ● May 1, 2023
“Female” is defined as someone “whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova,” while “male” refers to those “whose biological reproductive system is developed to fertilize the ova of a female.”
From Washington Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
But the fact that the woman produced ova did not necessarily mean she was a source of life.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2022
It is hardly possible to ascertain how many of these ova are capable of fecundation.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher
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