How to use ova in a sentence
In Africa the ova, and even adults, of Distoma hmatobium are common, accompanying "Egyptian hematuria."
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe ova closely resemble those of Tnia saginata, but are a little smaller (Fig. 101).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddTempore mensium praesertim ova egrediuntur ex ovariis in tubos Fallopianos et inde in uterum.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyThe divisions to form ova present certain complications which need not be taken up in detail here.
Taboo and Genetics | Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary BlanchardShe decorates the egg, as it were, with a fluid which later turns black and appears as a streak across the ova.
British Dictionary definitions for ova
/ (ˈəʊvə) /
the plural of ovum
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Cultural definitions for 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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