ovum

o·vum  (vm)

n. pl. o·va (v)

The female reproductive cell or gamete of animals; egg.

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

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ovum [ˈəʊvəm]

n pl ova [ˈəʊvə]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) an unfertilized female gamete; egg cell

[from Latin: egg]

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ovum  (vm)

Plural ova

The mature reproductive cell of female animals, produced in the ovaries. See more at egg.

Thesaurus

Noun

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ovum - the female reproductive cell; the female gamete egg cell egg - 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

Translations

ovum [ˈəʊvəm] N (ova (pl)) [ˈəʊvə] → óvulo m

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ovum [ˈəʊvəm] n → œuf m

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ovum

n pl <ova> → Eizelle f, → Ovum nt

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ovum [ˈəʊvəm] n (ova (pl)) [ˈəʊvə] → ovocito

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ovum [ˈəʊvəm] n (ova (pl)) [ˈəʊvə] → ovocito

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ovum

n ovum [ˈəuvəm]

the egg from which the young of people and animals develop. ovum بَيضَه، بُيَيْضَه яйце vajíčko æg das Ovum ωάριο óvulo munarakk تخمک munasolu ovule בֵּיצִית अण्डाणु, डिम्ब jaje (iz ženskog jajnika) pete telur eggfruma, egg uovo, cellula uovo 卵子 난자, 알 kiaušinėlis ola ovum ei egg, ovum jajeczko, jajo óvulo ovul яйцо vajíčko jajčece jajna ćelija ägg เซลล์ไข่ yumurta 卵 яйце انڈہ، بيضہ trứng 卵