Zona Pellucida Definition

zōnə pə-lo͝osĭ-də, pĕl-yo͝o-
zonae-pellucidae
noun
The clear, thick outer membrane that surrounds and protects the mature egg of a mammal: it has receptors on its surface that bind with sperm cells.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Zona Pellucida

Noun

Singular:
zona pellucida
Plural:
zon-pellucid, zonae-pellucidae

Origin of Zona Pellucida

  • New Latin zōna pellūcida Latin zōna belt, girdle Latin pellūcida feminine of pellūcidus transparent

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin zōna (“zone") + pellÅ«cida (“transparent").

    From Wiktionary

Zona Pellucida Sentence Examples

  • The egg is surrounded by a special coat called the zona pellucida.

  • For fertilization to occur, a sperm must penetrate the tough outer membrane of the egg called the zona pellucida.

  • The zona pellucida disappears and the morula becomes a blastocyst.

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