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Definition: Zygote |
ZygoteNoun1. The cell resulting from the union of an ovum and a spermatozoon (including the organism that develops from that cell). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "zygote" was first used: 1891. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The fertilized ovum. (references) |
Medicine | A)the cell formed by the sexual fusion of two gametes; b)the organism developing from such a cell. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In biology, a zygote is the result of fertilization. That is, two haploid cells - usually (but not necessarily in some organisms) a male sperm cell and a female ovum or ovule - merge into a single diploid cell called the zygote. This cell undergoes multiple cell divisions in gametic and sporic meioses (see biological life cycles) to become an embryo.
See also: pregnancy
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Zygote."
Synonym: ZygoteSynonym: fertilized ovum (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: fertilised (medicine). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Organization | Archegenesis. (production); antherozoid, bioplasm, biotaxy, chromosome, dysmeromorph; ecology, oecology; erythroblast, gametangium, gamete, germinal matter, invagination; isogamy, oogamy; karyaster; macrogamete, microgamete; metabolism, anabolism, catabolism; metaplasm, ontogeny, ovary, ovum, oxidation, phylogeny, polymorphism, protozoa, spermary, spermatozoon, trophoplasm, vacuole, vertebration, zoogloea, zygote. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Zygote |
| English words defined with "zygote": Endomycetales ♦ life cycle ♦ morula ♦ ootid, order Endomycetales ♦ pronucleus ♦ zygotic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "zygote": Ovum Transport ♦ Preimplantation Diagnosis ♦ Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Zygote" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (zygote). |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | This is the zygote. |
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| "Zygote" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Zygote" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 17 | 85,106 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "zygote": Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
zygote | 73 |
implantation zygote | 3 |
picture zygote | 3 |
zygote fungi | 3 |
human zygote | 2 |
cell division zygote | 2 |
definition zygote | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "zygote"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | zygote (fertilised ovum), befrugtet ægcelle (fertilised ovum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zygote, zygoot (fertilised ovum), bevruchte eicel (fertilised ovum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tsygootti (fertilised ovum), hedelmöittynyt munasolu (fertilised ovum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | zygote, ovule fécondé. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zygote (fertilised ovum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γονιμοποιημένο ωάριο (fertilised ovum), ζυγώτης (fertilised ovum), ζυγωτόν. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | זו'ית (zygosperm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zigoto (fertilised ovum), zigote, ovulo fecondato (fertilised ovum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 接合子 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せつ"うし. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sigoat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ygotezay zigoto (fertilised ovum), óvulo fecundado (fertilised ovum). (various references) зигота. (various references) cigoto (fertilised ovum). (various references) zygot (fertilised ovum). (various references) เซลล์ที่เกิ"จากการรวมกันของเซลล์เพศสองเซลล์. (various references) зигота. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | zygotos. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "zygote": zygotene, zygotenes, zygotes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "zygote": heterozygote, homozygote. (additional references) | |
Words containing "zygote": heterozygotes, homozygotes. (additional references) | |
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"Zygote" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Pygope, Pygot, Sybota, y'got, ygote, Zghorta, zigote, Zivota, Zogoth, zygoat, zygoit, zygose, zygot, zygota, zymote, zyote. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "zygote" (pronounced zī"gōt) |
| 5 | z ī" g ō t | homozygote. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-o-t-y-z" | |
-2 letters: oyez. | |
-3 letters: ego, get, gey, got, goy, teg, toe, tog, toy, tye, yet. | |
-4 letters: et, go, oe, oy, to, ye, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-o-t-y-z" | |
+1 letter: zygotes. | |
+2 letters: zygotene. | |
+3 letters: zygotenes. | |
+4 letters: homozygote, zygosities. | |
+5 letters: etymologize, homozygotes, mythologize, phagocytize. | |
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