Ovum vs. Oocyte — What's the Difference?

The mature female gamete of an animal; an egg.

An oocyte (UK: , US: ), oöcyte, ovocyte, or rarely ocyte, is a female gametocyte or germ cell involved in reproduction. In other words, it is an immature ovum, or egg cell.

(cytology) The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.

A diploid cell from which an egg or ovum develops by meiosis. A primary oocyte divides to produce a polar body and a secondary oocyte, which divides again to produce the ovum and another polar body.

A more or less spherical and transparent cell, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle.

(cytology) A cell that develops into an egg or ovum; a female gametocyte.

One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved.

A female gametocyte that develops into an ovum after two meiotic divisions

The female reproductive cell; the female gamete