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 oocyte or ovum

   Antonym: spermatogenesis

Hypernyms

• gametogenesis

Related terms

• oogenetic
• oogenic

Translations

Translations

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

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

---

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oː.oˈɡe.ne.sis/, [oːɔˈɡɛnɛs̠ɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.oˈd͡ʒe.ne.sis/, [ɔɔˈd͡ʒɛːnɛs̬is]

Noun

ōogenesis f (genitive ōogenesis or ōogeneseōs or ōogenesios); third declension

1. oogenesis

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ōogenesis	ōogenesēs ōogeneseis
Genitive	ōogenesis ōogeneseōs ōogenesios	ōogenesium
Dative	ōogenesī	ōogenesibus
Accusative	ōogenesim ōogenesin ōogenesem1	ōogenesēs ōogenesīs
Ablative	ōogenesī ōogenese1	ōogenesibus
Vocative	ōogenesis ōogenesi	ōogenesēs ōogeneseis

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.