POLAR BODY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A small cell containing little cytoplasm that is produced along with the oocyte and later discarded

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Nouns denoting body parts

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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