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polar body
po·lar bod·y (plural po·lar bod·ies)


noun 
Definition:
 
cell produced in development of ovum: a cell with a nucleus but little cytoplasm that is produced along with an oocyte, and later discarded, in the process of cell division that leads to an ovum
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