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vitellogenesis

vitellogenesis noun: yolk deposition; the process of yolk formation via nutrients being deposited in the oocyte, or female germ cell involved in reproduction.

Noun

vitellogenesis (uncountable)

  1. yolk deposition; the process of yolk formation via nutrients being deposited in the oocyte, or female germ cell involved in reproduction

Origin of vitellogenesis

From vitello- + -genesis.

Words formed from vitellogenesis

Questions about vitellogenesis

What does vitellogenesis mean?
Vitellogenesis means yolk deposition; the process of yolk formation via nutrients being deposited in the oocyte, or female germ cell involved in reproduction.
What part of speech is vitellogenesis?
Vitellogenesis is a noun.

Words near vitellogenesis in the dictionary

  1. vitellocyte
  2. vitellocytes
  3. vitellogen
  4. vitellogene
  5. vitellogenes
  6. vitellogenesis
  7. vitellogenetic
  8. vitellogenic
  9. vitellogenin
  10. vitellogenins
  11. vitellogenous

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