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ovarium

[ oh-vair-ee-uhm ]

noun

, Archaic.
, plural o·var·i·a [oh-, vair, -ee-, uh].


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ovarium1

From New Latin, dating back to 1685–95; ovary

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Example Sentences

There is great adhesion and extreme displacement of parts where the organs spring from the top of the ovarium.

In the ovarium there are six bundles of vessels: R. Brown judged by transverse sections.

Do they run down walls of ovarium, and then turn up the placenta, and so debouch near the "orifices" of the ovules?

St. Hilaire of an erect and suspended ovule in the same ovarium, but perhaps this hardly bears on the point.

Ask your colleagues whether they know anything about the structure of the flower and ovarium in the uppermost flower.

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