oocyte
oocyte — 名詞
- oocytesingular
- oocytesplural
1. a cell inside the ovary of a female animal or human that has not yet finished gr
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.
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)
Each healthy oocyte must complete two cell divisions before it can be fertilised.
每一顆健康的卵母細胞必須完成兩次細胞分裂後才能受精。
Doctors at the lab in Taipei collected oocytes from the patient for future use.
台北實驗室的醫師為這位患者採集卵母細胞，以供日後使用。
Most oocytes inside a young woman's ovaries never reach the final stage of growth.
年輕女性卵巢內的大多數卵母細胞，永遠不會發育到最後階段。
- 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.