noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Biological term for the female reproductive cell. Used in medical, scientific, and educational contexts.
They retrieved eggs for in-vitro fertilization.
When an ovum and a sperm fertilize, a new life begins.
体外受精では、卵子を体外で受精させる。
In in vitro fertilization, the egg cell is fertilized outside the body.
Egg cells decline in quality as a woman ages.
The egg and sperm unite to become a fertilized egg.
卵 is the everyday word for an egg (e.g. a chicken egg you eat), while 卵子 is the technical term for the female reproductive cell specifically.
卵子 is an egg cell before fertilization, whereas 受精卵 is the same cell after it has been fertilized.
cryopreserved oocyte; frozen ovum
cryopreserved oocyte; frozen ovum
oocyte cryopreservation; egg freezing
oocyte cryopreservation; egg freezing
egg donation
egg donor
Compound of 卵 (ran, 'egg') and 子 (shi, 'child' or 'small thing'), a Sino-Japanese term for the female reproductive cell.