Meaning & use
oogenesis
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the biological process by which egg cells, or ova, form and mature in the ovary.
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Oogenesis begins before birth in human females, unlike sperm production, which starts at puberty.
The textbook chapter compared oogenesis and spermatogenesis side by side.
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A technical biology term; the counterpart to spermatogenesis, the production of sperm cells.
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