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ovarium

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See also: Ovarium

English

Etymology

From New Latin. Doublet of ovary.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ə(ʊ)ˈvɛːrɪəm/

Noun

ovarium (plural ovaria)

  1. (archaic) An ovary.
    • 1834, George Don, A General System of Gardening and Botany, page 837:
      [] racemes axillary, suprafoliaceous; ovarium glabrous.

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ōvārium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ovaˈriʊm/
  • Rhymes: -ʊm, -m
  • Hyphenation: ova‧ri‧um

Noun

ovarium (plural ovarium-ovarium)

  1. (anatomy) ovary: A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone
    Synonym: indung telur

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Latin

Etymology

From ōvum (egg) + -ārium.

Pronunciation

Noun

ōvārium n (genitive ōvāriī or ōvārī); second declension

  1. (anatomy) ovary

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

More information singular, plural ...

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • English: ovary
  • French: ovaire
  • German: Ovarium
  • Indonesian: ovarium
  • Portuguese: ovário
  • Spanish: ovario

References

  • ovarium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ovarium n (definite singular ovariet, indefinite plural ovarier, definite plural ovaria or ovariene)

  1. (anatomy) ovary
    Synonym: eggstokk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ovarium n (definite singular ovariet, indefinite plural ovarium, definite plural ovaria)

  1. (anatomy) ovary
    Synonym: eggstokk

Swedish

Noun

ovarium

  1. ovary
    Synonym: äggstock
    Hypernym: könskörtel

Further reading

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