What is "oogenesis"

Oogenesis \O`["o]*gen"e*sis\, n. [Gr. w,'o`n an egg + E. genesis.] (Physiol.) The development, or mode of origin, of the ova.

"formation of the ovum," 1892, from oo- + -genesis "birth, origin, creation."

n. (context biology English) The formation and development of an ovum.

n. development of ova

Oogenesis, ovogenesis, or oögenesis is the creation of an ovum (egg cell). It is the female form of gametogenesis; the male equivalent is spermatogenesis. It involves the development of the various stages of the immature ovum.