Fecundation [noun]

Definition of Fecundation:

impregnation of the ovum

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Opposite/Antonyms of Fecundation:

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Sentence/Example of Fecundation:

Scarcely has the fecundation been finished when the ogress turns, leaping, and devours the suitor on the very spot of his amours.

Those which live under water during the time of fecundation, raise their flowers above the surface.

In Asterias glacialis the most favourable period for fecundation is about an hour after the formation of the female pronucleus.

The distinction between male and female characteristics appears to be determined before the fecundation of the ovum.

Fecundation, according to Roth, would at once be effective in determining the sex of the future individual.

Other circumstances, also, which can in some cases be easily detected, may prove detrimental to fecundation and development.

Thus the sex depends upon the ripeness of the females ovum at the time of its fecundation.

Serious surgical interference with the female certainly has an effect upon fecundation.

They enabled the investigator to reconstruct upon the screen the complete phenomenon of fecundation.

These divisions are called maturation divisions, and until they are accomplished, fecundation is impossible.