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oogonium

noun
oo路​go路​ni路​um | \ 藢艒-蓹-藞g艒-n膿-蓹m How to pronounce oogonium (audio) \
plural oogonia\ 藢艒-​蓹-​藞g艒-​n膿-​蓹 How to pronounce oogonia (audio) \

Definition of oogonium

1 : a female sexual organ in various algae and fungi that corresponds to the archegonium of ferns and mosses
2 : a descendant of a primordial germ cell that gives rise to oocytes

Other Words from oogonium

oogonial \ 藢艒-​蓹-​藞g艒-​n膿-​蓹l How to pronounce oogonial (audio) \ adjective

First Known Use of oogonium

1867, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for oogonium

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oogonium

noun
oo路​go路​ni路​um | \ 藢艒-蓹-藞g艒-n膿-蓹m How to pronounce oogonium (audio) \

Medical Definition of oogonium

: a descendant of a primordial germ cell that gives rise to oocytes

Other Words from oogonium

oogonial \ -​n膿-​蓹l How to pronounce oogonial (audio) \ adjective