zygote
pronunciation
How to pronounce zygote in British English:
UK [ˈzaɪgəʊt]
How to pronounce zygote in American English:
US [ˈzaɪgoʊt]
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- Noun:
- the cell resulting from the union of an ovum and a spermatozoon (including the organism that develops from that cell)
Word Origin
- zygote (n.)
- 1880, coined 1878 by German cytologist Eduard Strasburger (1844-1912), the widespread attribution to William Bateson being apparently erroneous; from Greek zygotos "yoked," from zygon "yoke" (see jugular).
Example
- 1. How does a zygote differ from an ovum ?
- 2. The union of gametes to form a zygote ; conjugation .
- 3. You lost a zygote .
- 4. Our cells are actually copies of zygote .
- 5. The union of male and femalegametes to form a zygote .