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o⋅va

  [oh-vuh]
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–noun
pl. of ovum.

o⋅vum

  [oh-vuhm]
–noun, plural o⋅va  [oh-vuh] .
1. Cell Biology.
a. the female reproductive cell or gamete of animals, which is capable of developing, usually only after fertilization, into a new individual.
b. the female reproductive cell or gamete of plants.
2. Architecture. an oval ornament, as in an egg-and-dart molding.
Origin:
1700–10; < L ōvum egg 1 ; c. Gk ōión
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o·va   (ō'və)   
n.  Plural of ovum.
o·vum   (ō'vəm)   
n.   pl. o·va (ō'və)
The female reproductive cell or gamete of animals; egg.

[Latin ōvum, egg; see awi- in Indo-European roots.]
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Ova

O"va\, n. pl. See Ovum.
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Language Translation for : ova
Spanish: llanura,
German: das Tiefland,
Japanese: 低地の
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ova [(oh-vuh)]

sing. ovum

The female sex cells, produced in the ovary and released during ovulation; the eggs. An ovum must normally be fertilized (see fertilization) to develop into a new living thing.

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Main Entry: ova
plural of OVUM
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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ova

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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