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oogonium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oogo-ni-um
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An immature ovarian egg within a developing fetus.

noun

A sac (the female gametangium) containing oospheres in algae or fungi.

Etymology

From oo- + -gonium.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

oogonia (plural) oogoniums (plural) oögonium (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

oogonial oocyte

Questions

What does oogonium mean?
An immature ovarian egg within a developing fetus.
Where does oogonium come from?
From oo- + -gonium.

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