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All about ovum. Dicitonary defintion and related links for ovum. Many people are interested in knowing more about ovum. Definition for Ovumipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum ipsum lorem sum O"o*sperm ({ ||Or"ga*non (?), ||Or"ga*num (?), } n. [NL. organon, L. organum. See Organ.] An organ or instrument; hence, a method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted; -- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord Bacon, as the title (O"val (?), a. [F. ovale, fr. L. ovum egg. Cf. Egg, Ovum.] 1. Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions. [Obs.]O"va*ry (O"vate (?), a. [L. ovatus, from ovum egg. See Oval.]O*vip"a*rous (?), a. [L. oviparus; ovum egg + parere to bring forth: cf. F. ovipare.] (Physiol.) Producing young from eggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed to viviparous.O`vi*pos"i*tor (?), n. [L. ovum an egg + positor a placer, fr. ponere to place.] (Zool.) The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larvae of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.O"vi*sac (?), n. [Ovum + sac.] (Anat.) (a) A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova. (b) The inner layer of the fibrous wall of a Graafian follicle.O"vo*lo (?), n. [It. ovolo, uovolo, fr. L. ovum an egg. Cf. Ovule.] (Arch.) A round, convex molding. See Illust. of Column.O"vule (?), n. [Dim. of L. ovum an egg: cf. F. ovule. Cf. Ovolo, Ovulum.] (Biol.) (a) The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen. (b) An ovum. O"o*sperm ({ ||Or"ga*non (?), ||Or"ga*num (?), } n. [NL. organon, L. organum. See Organ.] An organ or instrument; hence, a method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted; -- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord Bacon, as the title (O"val (?), a. [F. ovale, fr. L. ovum egg. Cf. Egg, Ovum.] 1. Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions. [Obs.]O"va*ry (O"vate (?), a. [L. ovatus, from ovum egg. See Oval.]O*vip"a*rous (?), a. [L. oviparus; ovum egg + parere to bring forth: cf. F. ovipare.] (Physiol.) Producing young from eggs; as, an oviparous animal, in which the egg is generally separated from the animal, and hatched after exclusion; -- opposed to viviparous.O`vi*pos"i*tor (?), n. [L. ovum an egg + positor a placer, fr. ponere to place.] (Zool.) The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larvae of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same.O"vi*sac (?), n. [Ovum + sac.] (Anat.) (a) A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova. (b) The inner layer of the fibrous wall of a Graafian follicle.O"vo*lo (?), n. [It. ovolo, uovolo, fr. L. ovum an egg. Cf. Ovule.] (Arch.) A round, convex molding. See Illust. of Column.O"vule (?), n. [Dim. of L. ovum an egg: cf. F. ovule. Cf. Ovolo, Ovulum.] (Biol.) (a) The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen. (b) An ovum. ||O"va (?), n. pl. See Ovum.O"val (?), a. [F. ovale, fr. L. ovum egg. Cf. Egg, Ovum.] 1. Of or pertaining to eggs; done in the egg, or inception; as, oval conceptions. [Obs.]{ O`val*bu"min (O"vi*cell` (?), n. [Ovum + cell.] (Zool.) One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undergo the first stages of their development. See Illust. of Chilostoma.O`vi*pos"it (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Oviposited; p. pr. & vb. n. Ovipositing.] [See Ovum, and Posit.] To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects.O`vo*test"tis (?), n. [NL. See Ovum, and Testis.] (Zool.) An organ which produces both ova and spermatozoids; an hermaphrodite gland. Ovum||O"vum ( Ovum CharacteristicsSoundex: O150 There were 1 instance(s) of "o" in the word. There were 1 instance(s) of "u" in the word. There were 1 instance(s) of "v" in the word. |
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