oogenesis

See also: oögenesis

English

Alternative forms

• oögenesis

Etymology

From oo- +‎ -genesis.

Noun

oogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural oogeneses)

1. (biology) The formation and development of an ovum.

   Antonyms: spermatogenesis

Hypernyms

• gametogenesis

Related terms

• oogenetic

Translations

formation and development of ovum

• Finnish: oogeneesi (fi)
• French: ovogenèse (fr) f
• Greek: ωογένεση (el) f (oogénesi)

• Irish: úigineas m
• Italian: oogenesi f
• Turkish: oogenez (tr)

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Latin

Etymology

from ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + γένεσις (génesis, “origin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oː.oˈɡe.ne.sis/, [oː.ɔˈɡɛ.nɛ.sɪs]

Noun

ōogenesis f (genitive ōogenesis); third declension

1. oogenesis

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ōogenesis	ōogenesēs
genitive	ōogenesis	ōogenesium
dative	ōogenesī	ōogenesibus
accusative	ōogenesem ōogenesim	ōogenesēs ōogenesīs
ablative	ōogenese ōogenesī	ōogenesibus
vocative	ōogenesis	ōogenesēs