1. (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell)
   - zygote, fertilised ovum [Brit]

Derived forms: fertilized ova

Type of: cell

• Mitella diphylla
• Mitella pentandra
• miter
• miter box
• miter joint
• miter mushroom
• miterwort
• Mitford
• mithan
• mither
• Mithra
• Mithracin
• mithraic
• Mithraicism
• Mithraism
• Mithraist
• mithraistic
• mithramycin
• Mithras
• mithridate
• mithridate mustard
• Mithridates
• Mithridates the Great
• Mithridates VI
• mitigable