English dictionary: words starting with ov
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nounA mature female reproductive cell, especially of a human or other animal, which can divide to give rise to an embryo usually only after fertilization by a male cell.
Usage examples:
The ovum contributes one chromosome of each pair to the fertilized cell
Plural of ovum specialized
nounWith plural agreement. the herero-speaking people living in namibia, botswana, and angola, or those of a subgroup in central namibia and botswana, collectively.
adjectiveHaving a rounded and slightly elongated outline or shape like that of an egg.
Usage examples:
Her smooth oval face
nounA body, object, or design with an oval shape or outline.
Usage examples:
Cut out two small ovals from the felt
nounAlbumin derived from the white of eggs.
Usage examples:
To produce a food allergy in mice, lead author simon hogan first injected the animals with small am…
adjectiveApproximately oval.
adjectiveOvoid; oval.
adjectiveSomewhat oval.
nounThe action of becoming oval or of making something oval; an instance of this.
verbTo make oval in shape; specifically to make the metal tubes of the frame of a bicycle oval in cross-section for extra rigidity. also without object: to become oval in shape.
adjectiveResembling or relating to an oval; approximately oval or ovoid.
nounAn egg-shaped solid; an ovoid.
nounA body, object, or design with an oval shape or outline.
Usage examples:
Cut out two small ovals from the felt
adjectiveHaving a rounded and slightly elongated outline or shape like that of an egg.
Usage examples:
Her smooth oval face
nounA member of a people of northern namibia.
Usage examples:
The removal of the eyes was common to the ovambos.
adjectiveRelating to the ovambo or their language.
Usage examples:
Mckittrick examines how christianity, colonial rule, and wage labor in namibia reduced young ovambo…
adjectiveOvarian.
adjectiveRelating to an ovary or the ovaries.
Usage examples:
An ovarian cyst
verbPerform surgical removal of one or both ovaries on (a woman or female animal).
Usage examples:
We did not ovariectomize the test animals
adjective(of a woman or female animal) having had one or both ovaries surgically removed.
Usage examples:
Ovariectomized rats
verbPerform surgical removal of one or both ovaries on (a woman or female animal).
Usage examples:
We did not ovariectomize the test animals
verbPerform surgical removal of one or both ovaries on (a woman or female animal).
Usage examples:
We did not ovariectomize the test animals
nounSurgical removal of one or both ovaries; oophorectomy.
Usage examples:
Bilateral mastectomies or ovariectomy are recommended preventative measures, neither of which is a …
nounA female reproductive organ in which ova or eggs are produced, present in humans and other vertebrates as a pair.
Usage examples:
The remaining uterus, cervix, ovaries, and fallopian tubes were otherwise unremarkable.
nounSurgical removal of the ovaries and uterus.
nounA small ovary; specifically each of the structures in the ovary of an insect in which oocytes are formed, frequently tubular in shape.
nounA small ovary; specifically each of the structures in the ovary of an insect in which oocytes are formed, frequently tubular in shape.
nounAnother term for ovariectomy.
nounA surgeon who performs ovariotomy.
nounAnother term for ovariectomy.
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