progamic, a. Biol.
(prəʊˈgæmɪk)
[f. Gr. πρό, pro-2 + γάµος marriage + -ic.]
That precedes the specialization of the gametes (sexual or pairing cells). So progamous (ˈprɒgəməs) a., applied to an ovum which has not been impregnated by a spermatozoon.
| 1891 Hartog in Nature 17 Sept. 484/2 Progamic paragamy: the fusing nuclei are the normal gametonuclei of the progamous cell (ovum which has formed 1 polar body). |