Meaning & use
oogonium
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A cell or structure in algae, fungi, and certain other organisms that produces female gametes, or the earliest stage of an animal egg cell before it matures into an oocyte.
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Under the microscope, the biology students identified an oogonium developing inside the algal filament.
In human ovarian development, each oogonium eventually gives rise to a primary oocyte.
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The plural form is oogonia, and the word combines Greek "oon" (egg) with the diminutive suffix "-gonium."
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