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ZP

ZP is the initialism of zona pellucida.

Meaning of zona pellucida

Noun

zona pellucida (plural zonae pellucidae or zonæ pellucidæ)

  1. A glycoprotein membrane surrounding the plasma membrane of an oocyte.
    • The sperm passes through an outer barrier called the zona pellucida and, all being well, fuses with the egg.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 339
    Synonyms:
    pellucid zone

Forms of ZP

pluralZPs

Questions about ZP

What is ZP the initialism of?
ZP is the initialism of zona pellucida.

Words near ZP in the dictionary

  1. zoötomy
  2. zoötrophic
  3. zoœcia
  4. zoœcial
  5. zoœcium
  6. ZP
  7. ZPG
  8. ZPs
  9. ZRA
  10. Zraick
  11. zrazy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ZP (page history and authors); zona pellucida (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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