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ovum
[ oh-vuhm ]
noun
- Cell Biology.
- the female reproductive cell or gamete of animals, which is capable of developing, usually only after fertilization, into a new individual.
- the female reproductive cell or gamete of plants.
- Architecture. an oval ornament, as in an egg-and-dart molding.
ovum
/ ˈəʊ±¹É™³¾ /
noun
- an unfertilized female gamete; egg cell
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ovum1
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Just as the human being emerges from the fertilized ovum, the creation of the possible is a natural gift and phenomenon we have been given as human beings.
A religious counter argument asserts that, at the very moment that sperm meets ova, a child of God comes into being.
Thus the obsession with Taylor Swift's ova count.
The Alabama court held last week that fertilized ova cryogenically preserved for couples having difficulty conceiving are legally and morally equivalent to newborn babies and, for that matter, 20-year-old adults.
Montgomery said what proponents are seeking would mean that men who have “taken testosterone for years and have developed full beards†would be required to use women’s restrooms because their bodies once produced ova.
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