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See also: Ovarium
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ovarium (plural ovaria)
- (archaic) An ovary.
- 1834, George Don, A General System of Gardening and Botany, page 837:
- […] racemes axillary, suprafoliaceous; ovarium glabrous.
Derived terms
References
- “ovarium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Indonesian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ōvārium.
Pronunciation
Noun
ovarium (plural ovarium-ovarium)
- (anatomy) ovary: A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone
- Synonym: indung telur
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “ovarium” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːˈwaː.ri.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈvaː.ri.um]
Noun
ōvārium n (genitive ōvāriī or ōvārī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
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)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
ovarium n (definite singular ovariet, indefinite plural ovarium, definite plural ovaria)
Swedish
Noun
ovarium
- ovary
- Synonym: äggstock
- Hypernym: könskörtel
Further reading
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