Meaning Of The Word Polar body

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polar body in American English
a minute cell cast off when a primary oocyte undergoes meiotic division to produce a secondary oocyte and again when the secondary oocyte divides to produce an ovum
noun: one of the minute cells arising from the unequal meiotic divisions of the ovum at or near the time of fertilization

polar body in British English
noun: a tiny cell containing little cytoplasm that is produced with the ovum during oogenesis when the oocyte undergoes meiosis

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