polar body
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polar body
n.
Either of two small cells produced during the first and second meiotic divisions in the development of an oocyte, containing little cytoplasm and eventually degenerating.
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polar body
n
(Biology) physiol a tiny cell containing little cytoplasm that is produced with the ovum during oogenesis when the oocyte undergoes meiosis
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po′lar bod′y
n.
one of the minute cells arising from the unequal meiotic divisions of the ovum at or near the time of fertilization.
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Noun | 1. | polar body - a small cell containing little cytoplasm that is produced along with the oocyte and later discarded cell - (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals |
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