- the plural of ovum
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o•va
(ō′və),USA pronunciation n.
- Cell Biologypl. of ovum.
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ova /ˈəʊvə/ n
o•vum /ˈoʊvəm/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. o•va
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- Developmental Biologythe female reproductive cell, developed in the ovary.
o•vum
(ō′vəm),USA pronunciation n., pl. o•va
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(ō′və).USA pronunciation
- Cell Biology
- , Cell Biology, Developmental Biologythe female reproductive cell or gamete of animals, which is capable of developing, usually only after fertilization, into a new individual.
- Botanythe female reproductive cell or gamete of plants.
- [Archit.]an oval ornament, as in an egg-and-dart molding.
- Latin ōvum egg1; cognate with Greek ōión
- 1700–10
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ovum /ˈəʊvəm/ n ( pl ova /ˈəʊvə/)
- an unfertilized female gamete; egg cell
'ova' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Fallopian tube
- female
- fraternal
- male
- maturation
- ovary
- oviduct
- ovum
- superfecundation
- superfetation
- centrolecithal
- dizygotic
- fraternal twin
- heterolecithal
- homolecithal
- lecithal
- megalecithal
- microlecithal
- monovalent
- ovation
- ovisac
- patent foramen ovale
- renovate
- telolecithal
- unrenovative
- seed
- superovulate