oogenesis

See also: oögenesis

English

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oogenesis

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• oögenesis

Etymology

From oo- +‎ -genesis.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.d͡ʒɛn.ə.sɪs/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

oogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural oogeneses)

1. (biology) The formation and development of an oocyte or ovum

   Antonym: spermatogenesis

Hypernyms

• gametogenesis

Related terms

• oogenetic
• oogenic

Translations

Translations

Aragonese: ovochenesi f Chinese: Mandarin: 卵子發生 / 卵子发生 (luǎnzǐ fāshēng) Finnish: oogeneesi (fi) French: ovogenèse (fr) f Greek: ωογένεση (el) f (oogénesi) Irish: úigineas m Italian: oogenesi f Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: oogenesîs Latin: ōogenesis f Russian: оогене́з (ru) m (oogenéz) Turkish: oogenez (tr) Ukrainian: оогене́з m (oohenéz)

Latin

Etymology

From ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + γένεσις (génesis, “origin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [oː.ɔˈɡɛ.nɛ.sɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [o.oˈd͡ʒɛː.ne.s̬is]

Noun

ōogenesis f (genitive ōogenesis or ōogeneseōs or ōogenesios); third declension

1. oogenesis

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	ōogenesis	ōogenesēs ōogeneseis
genitive	ōogenesis ōogeneseōs ōogenesios	ōogenesium
dative	ōogenesī	ōogenesibus
accusative	ōogenesim ōogenesin ōogenesem1	ōogenesēs ōogenesīs
ablative	ōogenesī ōogenese1	ōogenesibus
vocative	ōogenesis ōogenesi	ōogenesēs ōogeneseis

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.