polar body


nounCell Biology.
  1. one of the minute cells arising from the unequal meiotic divisions of the ovum at or near the time of fertilization.

Origin of polar body

1
First recorded in 1885–90

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British Dictionary definitions for polar body

polar body

noun
  1. physiol a tiny cell containing little cytoplasm that is produced with the ovum during oogenesis when the oocyte undergoes meiosis

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Scientific definitions for polar body

polar body

  1. One of the small cells that are produced during the development of an oocyte and ultimately degenerate. A polar body contains one of the nuclei derived from the first or second meiotic division but little or no cytoplasm. See Note at oogenesis.

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