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 process of formation of one ovum in the ovaries in females is called oogenesis.

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

Let us take a ride, For truly, sir, thy life is incomplete ’Til viridescent ovum thou hast tried Together with a slice of glaucous meat!

From Washington Post • May 16, 2019

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