ovary (redirected from Polycystic ovaries)

o·va·ry  (v-r)

n. pl. o·va·ries

1. The usually paired female or hermaphroditic reproductive organ that produces ova and, in vertebrates, estrogen and progesterone.

2. Botany The ovule-bearing lower part of a pistil that ripens into a fruit.

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[New Latin vrium, from Latin vum, egg; see awi- in Indo-European roots.]

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ovary

Noun

pl -ries

1. a reproductive organ in women and female animals in which eggs are produced

2. Bot the lower part of a pistil, containing the ovules [Latin ovum egg]

ovarian adj

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ovary  (v-r)

1. The reproductive organ in female animals that produces eggs and the sex hormones estrogen and progesterone. In most vertebrate animals, the ovaries occur in pairs. In mammals, the ovaries contain numerous follicles, which house the developing eggs (oocytes). See more at menstrual cycleovulation

2. The part of a carpel or of a gynoecium made of fused carpels that contains the ovules in a flower. The ovary is located at the base of the carpel and ripens into a fruit after fertilization of one or more of the ovules. See more at flower.

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ovarian adjective (-vâr-n)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ovary - the organ that bears the ovules of a flower blossom, flower, bloom - reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts reproductive structure - the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction placenta - that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form
	2.	ovary - (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone craniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium arteria ovarica, ovarian artery - the artery that branches from the aorta and supplies blood to the ovaries female reproductive system - the reproductive system of females female internal reproductive organ - the reproductive organs of a woman Graafian follicle - a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg gonad, sex gland - a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced

Translations

ovary [ˈəuvərɪ] n → ovario

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ovary [ˈəuvərɪ] n → ovaire m

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ovary [ˈəuvərɪ] n (Anat, Med) → Eierstock m

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ovary [ˈəuvərɪ] n → ovaia