See Also: ephemerid(1)(dictionary)
ephemerid(2)(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
polar(dictionary)
polar(dictionary)
Polar(medicine)
polar cataract(medicine)
polar mutation(medicine)
polar plasm(medicine)

polar body (medicine) and ephemerid(2) (iou)


polar body (medicine)


polar body
<cell biology> In animals each meiotic division of the oocyte leads to the formation of one large cell (the egg) and a small polar body as the Other cell. Polar body formation is a consequence of the very eccentric position of the nucleus and the spindle.


ephemerid(2) (iou)



ephemerid noun. L19.
[mod. Latin Ephemeridae (see below), from Ephemera genus name: see EPHEMERA noun1 & adjective, -ID3.]
An insect of the order Ephemeroptera (cf. EPHEMERA noun1 2), esp. one of the family Ephemeridae.