ovigenesisn.
/ˌəʊvɪˈdʒɛnᵻsɪs/, U.S. /ˌoʊvɪˈdʒɛnəsəs/ Biology.
= oogenesis n.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive cycle > [noun] > production of ovum
ovogenesis1857
ovigenesis1887
oogenesis1890
oogeny1890
1887 Amer. Naturalist 21 20 Nucleus of egg of Arion during ovigenesis and yelk formation.
1946 T. Barbour Naturalist's Scrapbk. iii. 53 Professor Mark was always a dévoté of the latest zoölogical specialty fashionable at the moment. Spermatogenesis and ovigenesis happened to be in the ascendent.
1961 A. Montagu Man in Process xvi. 192 Subsequently developed physical differences are limited to the primary functions of ovigenesis in the female and spermatogenesis in the male.
1980 Amer. Midland Naturalist 104 302 Beetles from overwintering aggregations are characterized by the presence of a well-developed fat body, a reduction in the size of the empty midgut.., and a lack of ovigenesis.
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- phosphatization
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- phosphatize
- phosphatized
- phosphatizes
- phosphatizing
- phosphaturia
- phosphaturias
- phosphaturic
- phosphazene
- phosphazine
- phosphene
- phosphenes
- phosphethyl
- phosphethylic
- phosphethylic acid
- phosphide
- phosphides
- phosphinate
- phosphine
- phosphines
- phosphinic
- phosphinic acid