okfruma

Icelandic

Etymology

From ok (“yoke”) +‎ fruma (“cell”), a calque based on Ancient Greek ζυγωτός (zugōtós, “yoked”), whence German Zygote, English zygote and others.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔːk.frʏːma/

Noun

okfruma f (genitive singular okfrumu, nominative plural okfrumur)

  1. zygote (fertilized egg cell)

Declension
declension of okfruma
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative okfruma okfruman okfrumur okfrumurnar
accusative okfrumu okfrumuna okfrumur okfrumurnar
dative okfrumu okfrumunni okfrumum okfrumunum
genitive okfrumu okfrumunnar okfruma/okfrumna okfrumanna/okfrumnanna
  • okfrjóvgun (zygotic induction)
  • okkjarni (zygotic nucleus)
  • okun (zygosis)
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