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Fertilized ovum   /fˈərtəlˌaɪzd ˈoʊvəm/   Listen
Fertilized ovum

noun
1.
(genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell).  Synonym: zygote.






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... hair, bones, muscle and fat, brain and intelligence, growth and development, are modified precisely as the size and shape of certain crystals are modified by the presence or absence of ingredients in an apparently homogeneous solution. A fertilized ovum, in which the predecessor of the thyroid gland is present, that is to say, in which there is the seed and soil for its sprouting, looks the same as one without that formative material. Yet, when ...
— The Glands Regulating Personality • Louis Berman, M.D.



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