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POLAR BODY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small cell containing little cytoplasm that is produced along with the oocyte and later discarded
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("polar body" is a kind of...):
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)
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