oosperm

== English == === Etymology === From oo- +‎ sperm. === Noun === oosperm (plural oosperms) (biology) The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoon in impregnation. 1880-1881, Francis Maitland Balfour, A Treatise on Comparative Embryology It is clear that the ovum after fertilization is an entirely different body to the ovum prior to that act , and unless the use of the same term for the two conditions of the ovum had become very familiar , a special term , such as oosperm , for the ovum after the fusion with the spermatozoom, would be very convenient. === References === “oosperm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === prosome