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卵祖細胞 (ransosaibou) Japanese meaning: oogonium | Kotomora

卵らん祖そ細さい胞ぼう

ら

ん

そ

さ

い

ぼ

う

Meanings

1

oogonium

Technical term in biology for the female germ cell that gives rise to oocytes.

卵らん祖そ細さい胞ぼうは卵らん巣そうの中なかで卵らん母ぼ細

さい

胞ぼう

へ

と

分ぶん

化か

する

。

Oogonia differentiate into oocytes within the ovary.

Kanji

卵egg, ovum, spawn
祖ancestor, pioneer, founder
細dainty, get thin, taper
胞placenta, sac, sheath

Etymology

Compound of 卵 (ran, 'egg'), 祖 (so, 'ancestor'), and 細胞 (saibō, 'cell'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the biological meaning.