Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pro-oocyte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables: pro-oocyte
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An undifferentiated germline cell with the potential to become an oocyte.

Example Sentences

"In D. melanogaster, the nuclei of pro-oocytes and young oocytes are unsuitable for detailed cytological study at the light microscope level because of their small size."
"Two of the sixteen germline cells in each egg chamber develop as pro-oocytes, and the first asymmetry arises when one of these cells is selected to become the oocyte."

Etymology

From pro- + oocyte.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pro

Inflected Forms

pro-oocytes (plural)

Questions

What does pro-oocyte mean?: An undifferentiated germline cell with the potential to become an oocyte.
Where does pro-oocyte come from?: From pro- + oocyte.

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