Definition of fertilized ovum Fertilized ovum
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| fertilized ovum - (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell) | ||
| zygote | ||
| cell (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals | ||
| being, organism the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" | ||
| genetic science, genetics the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms | ||
| heterozygote (genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring | ||
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