: the enlarged nucleus of the primary oocyte prior to completion of the reduction divisions
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Embryol.
the large, vesicular nucleus of an ovum before the polar bodies are formed.
[1850-55]
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germinal vesicle,
1. Embryology. the nucleus of an ovum before the polar bodies are formed.
2. Botany. an oosphere.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.