ovum

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The Oklahoma measure defines fertilisation as the "fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum".

From BBC • May 19, 2022

The meds listed in the law prevent pregnancy in the first place, blocking the sperm from entering the ovum.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2019

Let us take a ride, For truly, sir, thy life is incomplete ’Til viridescent ovum thou hast tried Together with a slice of glaucous meat!

From Washington Post • May 16, 2019

When a sperm and ovum combine during fertilization, the result is a single cell with a full set of genes, called the zygote.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2018

It is no longer necessary to guess about the storage of insecticides in the eggs of birds, which obviously lend themselves to this kind of observation more readily than the mammalian ovum.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson