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
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: oogenesîs

• Turkish: oogenez (tr)

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. oogenesis

Declension

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

	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.