ovum

IPA/ˈəʊvəm/
KK[ˈovəm]IPA/ˈəʊvəm/

ovum — noun

  • ovumsingular
  • ovaplural

1. a female cell in a person, animal, or plant that can start new life after it joi

1.名詞C1
釋義

a female cell in a person, animal, or plant that can start new life after it joins with a male cell.

例句

Dr. Chen pointed to the ovum beside a sperm cell on the slide.

ovum beside a sperm cell in biology teaching

The lab froze each donated ovum before the couple started treatment.

freeze a donated ovum for fertility treatment

同義詞
  • egg cell

    the clearer everyday biology term, especially in teaching

  • oocyte

    a more technical term that can name an immature stage

反義詞
  • sperm

    the male reproductive cell that can join with an ovum

文法句型

an ovum

release/fertilize/freeze + an ovum

ovum + joins with + sperm cell

用法筆記

Mainly used in biology or fertility medicine. In everyday speech, people usually say 'egg' or 'egg cell' instead of 'ovum'.

常見錯誤

❌The farmer sold fresh ova for breakfast.
✅The farmer sold fresh eggs for breakfast.
💡ovum and ova are scientific terms, not the usual words for food.
❌The doctor examined many ovums.
✅The doctor examined many ova.
💡the usual scientific plural is 'ova', not 'ovums'.