Medical term:
polocytes
po·lar bod·y
one of two small cells formed by the first and second meiotic division of oocytes; the first is usually released just before ovulation, the second not until discharge of the oocyte from the ovary; in mammals, the second polar body may fail to form unless the oocyte has been penetrated by a sperm.
Synonym(s): polar cell, polar globule, polocyte
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polocyte
(po'lo-sit) [Gr. polos, pole, + kytos, cell] Polar body.Medical Dictionary, © 2009 Farlex and Partners
polocyte
see POLAR BODY.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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