oocyte

[oh-uh-sahyt] /ˈoʊ əˌsaɪt/
noun, Cell Biology
1.
an immature egg cell of the animal ovary; in humans, one oocyte matures during the menstrual cycle, becoming an ootid and then an ovum, while several others partially mature and then disintegrate.
Origin
1890-95; oo- + -cyte
British Dictionary definitions for oocyte

oocyte

/ˈəʊəˌsaɪt/
noun
1.
an immature female germ cell that gives rise to an ovum after two meiotic divisions
Word Origin and History for oocyte
n.

1895, from oo- + -cyte (see cyto-).

oocyte in Medicine

oocyte o·o·cyte (ō'ə-sīt')
n.
A cell from which an egg or ovum develops by meiosis; a female gametocyte.

oocyte in Science
oocyte
  (ō'ə-sīt')   
A diploid cell that undergoes meiosis to form eggs.