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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Pronucleus

· Pro·nu·cle·us · IPA
01 n. One of the two bodies or nuclei (called male and female pronuclei) which unite to form the first segmentation nucleus of an impregnated ovum.
pl. Pronuclei ((-ī))
  1. 1.
    One of the two bodies or nuclei (called male and female pronuclei) which unite to form the first segmentation nucleus of an impregnated ovum.(Biol.)