Meaning of OVARY
| Pronunciation: | | 'owvuree
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- [n] one of usually two organs that produce ova and (in vertebrates) secrete estrogen and progesterone
- [n] the organ that bears the ovules of a flower
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| | See Also: | | arteria ovarica, bloom, blossom, female internal reproductive organ, female reproductive system, flower, gonad, Graafian follicle, ovarian artery, placenta, reproductive structure | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \O"va*ry\, n.; pl. {Ovaries}. [NL. ovarium, fr. L. ovum
egg: cf. F. ovaire. See {Oval}.]
1. (Bot.) That part of the pistil which contains the seed,
and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See
Illust. of {Flower}.
2. (Zo["o]l. & Anat.) The essential female reproductive organ
in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of
{Discophora}.
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| Medical Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | An ovary or "egg sac" is one of a pair of reproductive glands in women. The ovaries produce the ovum or female egg which is transferred through the fallopian tube for fertiliztion by the sperm. The ovary also produces both the hormones estrogen and progesterone. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A female reproductive gland, which produces female gametes (eggs, or ova). There are two of them in female vertebrate animals, including humans. |
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| | Related Terms: | | bag, ballocks, balls, basket, beard, breasts, cervix, clitoris, cod, cods, cullions, family jewels, female organs, genitalia, genitals, gonads, labia, labia majora, labia minora, lingam, lips, male organs, meat, nuts, nymphae, penis, phallus, private parts, privates, privy parts, pubic hair, pudenda, reproductive organs, rocks, scrotum, secondary sex characteristic, sex organs, spermary, testes, testicles, uterus, vagina, vulva, womb, yoni |
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