germinal vesicle
noun Embryology.
the large, vesicular nucleus of an ovum before the polar bodies are formed.
Origin of germinal vesicle
First recorded in 1850–55
Words nearby germinal vesicle
germinal disk,
germinal epithelium,
germinal localization,
germinal membrane,
germinal pole,
germinal vesicle,
germinant,
germinate,
germination,
germinative,
germinative layer
British Dictionary definitions for germinal vesicle
germinal vesicle
noun
biology
the large nucleus of an oocyte before it develops into an ovum