the large nucleus of an oocyte before it develops into an ovum
germinal vesicle in American English
the greatly enlarged nucleus of an egg in the prophase of the first meiotic division
germinal vesicle in American English
noun
Embryology
the large, vesicular nucleus of an ovum before the polar bodies are formed
Word origin
[1850–55]This word is first recorded in the period 1850–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boneyard, clear-cut, ethos, ethylene, headhunting
Examples of 'germinal vesicle' in a sentence
germinal vesicle
In this review, we summarized the nuclear transfer technique for germinal vesicle stage oocytes to reconstruct the maturation of them.
Sara Darbandi, Mahsa Darbandi, Hamid Reza Khorram Khorshid, Abolfaz Shirazi, MohammadReza Sadeghi, Ashok Agarwal, Safaa Al-Hasani, Mohammad Mehdi Naderi, Ahmet Ayaz,Mohammad Mehdi Akhondi 2017, 'Reconstruction of mammalian oocytes by germinal vesicle transfer: A systematic review',International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicinehttp://journals.ssu.ac.ir/ijrmnew/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-282&slc_lang=en&sid=1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)