Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun polar_body

1 sense of polar body

Sense 1
polar body -- (a small cell containing little cytoplasm that is produced along with the oocyte and later discarded)
       => cell -- ((biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals)