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| —n , pl ova | |
| an unfertilized female gamete; egg cell | |
| [from Latin: egg] | |
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Ovum
is always a great word to know.
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| a projecting element of a fa?ade, used especially at the center or at each end and usually treated so as to suggest a tower |
| a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb in ancient Egypt |
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Word Origin & History
ovum
(pl. ova), 1706, from L. ovum "egg," cognate with Gk. oon, O.N. egg, O.E. æg, all from PIE base *owyo-/*oyyo- "egg" (see egg).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
ovum o·vum (ō'vəm)
n. pl. o·va (ō'və)
The female reproductive cell or gamete; egg.
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Science Dictionary
ovum  (ō'vəm) Pronunciation Key
Plural ova The mature reproductive cell of female animals, produced in the ovaries. See more at egg. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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ovum
in human physiology, single cell released from either of the female reproductive organs, the ovaries, which is capable of developing into a new organism when fertilized (united) with a sperm cell
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Example sentences
The ovum remains centered within the jelly so that its upper surface lies slightly below the plane of the water surface.
About every month after menstruation starts, an ovary releases an egg, called an ovum.
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