ovum

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The ovum was seen through a microscope in 1827.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2022

The second was what's called a "blighted ovum" where a gestational sac was found, but no embryo was developing.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2021

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

Lanning considered, “If you had all your equipment—the brain, the skeleton, the ovum, the proper hormones and radiations—say, two months.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov