oocyte

IPA/ˈəʊ.ə.saɪt/
IPA/ˈoʊ.oʊ.saɪt/

oocyte — 名詞

  • oocytesingular
  • oocytesplural

1. a cell inside the ovary of a female animal or human that has not yet finished gr

1.名詞C2
釋義

卵母細胞

卵巢內尚未成熟的生殖細胞

a cell inside the ovary of a female animal or human that has not yet finished growing, but later becomes a mature egg ready to join with a sperm.

例句

Mizuki studies how oocytes in mouse ovaries divide during the early stages of growth.

Mizuki 研究小鼠卵巢中的卵母細胞如何在發育初期進行分裂。

subject is a researcher; oocyte as countable plural in a biology context

The clinic froze twelve oocytes from Adina before her cancer treatment began.

在 Adina 開始接受癌症治療前，診所為她冷凍了十二顆卵母細胞。

collocation: freeze oocytes (fertility preservation context)

常見搭配
  • mature oocyte
  • freeze oocytes
  • collect oocytes
  • oocyte donation
同義詞
  • egg cell

    everyday term; less precise — usually means the mature ovum

  • ovum

    the mature stage after the oocyte finishes dividing

反義詞
  • spermatocyte

    the male equivalent — an immature sperm-producing cell

用法筆記

Almost always found in medical, scientific, or fertility-treatment contexts; in everyday speech, people say 'egg' or 'egg cell' instead. Often used in the plural.

常見錯誤

The chicken laid three oocytes this morning.
The chicken laid three eggs this morning.
'oocyte' refers to the immature cell inside the body, not the laid egg you eat or hatch.

同根字

  • ovum
    名詞C2
  • oogenesis
    名詞C2
  • ovary
    名詞B2
  • ovarian
    形容詞C1

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • oocyte donation
  • oocyte retrieval
  • oocyte maturation
  • oocyte quality

常用片語

  • freeze one's oocytes
  • collect oocytes for IVF

介系詞搭配

  • of (the ovary)
  • from (the donor)