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o·vum
(ō′vəm)n. pl. o·va (ō′və)
The mature female gamete of an animal; an egg.
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ovum
(ˈəʊvəm)n, pl ova (ˈəʊvə)
(Biology) an unfertilized female gamete; egg cell
[from Latin: egg]
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o•vum
(ˈoʊ vəm)n., pl. o•va (ˈoʊ və)
the female reproductive cell, developed in the ovary; female gamete; egg cell.
[1700–10; < Latin ōvum]
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o·vum
(ō′vəm) Plural ova
See egg.
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ovum
1. (pl. ova) A female gamete or egg.
2. (pl. ova) An egg; a female sex cell.
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| Noun | 1. |  ovum - the female reproductive cell; the female gameteegg - animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds gamete - a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes ootid - mature ovum after penetration by sperm but before the formation of a zygote ovule - a small or immature ovum female reproductive system - the reproductive system of females |
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Translations
بَيضَه، بُيَيْضَه
vajíčko
æg
munasolu
eggfruma, egg
kiaušinėlis
ola
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ovum
[ˈəʊvəm] n → œuf mCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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ovum
[ˈəʊvəm] n (ova (pl)) [ˈəʊvə] → ovocitoCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ovum
(ˈəuvəm) – plural ova (ˈouvə) – noun the egg from which the young of people and animals develop.
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o·vum
n. óvulo, gamete fecundado.
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ovum
n (pl ova)óvulo, huevo (fam)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.