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ovoplasma

ovoplasma noun: egg yolk.

Noun

ovoplasma (uncountable)

  1. egg yolk
    • The ovoplasma was clear and free of detritus.
    • ...the secondary rise in damage is related to the effect of high radiation doses on ovoplasma.1966, D. D. Romashov, V. N. Belyayeva, "The Radiosensitivity of Loach (Misgurnus Fossilis L) Ovicells", in Genetics, U. S. Department of Commerce, No. 4, 1965, USSR (6 May 1966), p. 152

Examples of ovoplasma in a sentence

  • Pig oocyte fragments, on which can be seen ZP, part of the ovoplasma and part of the follicle cells lying outside.1986, Comptes rendus de l'Académie bulgare des sciences: sciences mathématiques et naturelles, Presses de l'Académie des Sciences, Vol. 39...
  • Internal Zona Radiata (ZR) is not broken down and ZR has not sunk into the ovoplasma.2002, Agnes Christine Gundersen, Reproduction of West-Nordic Greenland Halibut: Studies Reflecting on Maturity, Fecundity, Spawning and...

Origin of ovoplasma

From ovo- + plasma.

Questions about ovoplasma

What does ovoplasma mean?
Ovoplasma means egg yolk.
How do you use ovoplasma in a sentence?
Pig oocyte fragments, on which can be seen ZP, part of the ovoplasma and part of the follicle cells lying outside.
What part of speech is ovoplasma?
Ovoplasma is a noun.

Words near ovoplasma in the dictionary

  1. ovoperoxidase
  2. ovoperoxidases
  3. ovophile
  4. ovophiles
  5. ovophobia
  6. ovoplasma
  7. ovoposition
  8. ovoprotection
  9. ovoprotective
  10. ovopyriform
  11. ovorubin

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