Definitions for ovum

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ovum o·vum

Spelling: [oh-vuh m]

IPA: /ˈoʊ vəm/

Ovum is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 21 anagrams from letters in ovum (mouv).

Definitions for ovum

noun

1. Cell Biology. the female reproductive cell or gamete of animals, which is capable of developing, usually only after fertilization, into a new individual. the female reproductive cell or gamete of plants.
2. Architecture. an oval ornament, as in an egg-and-dart molding.

Origin of ovum

1700-10; Latin ōvum egg¹; cognate with Greek ōión

Examples for ovum

Its large size, as compared with the ovum, is very noticeable.

They are best preserved in the ovum state at a temperature of about 55° F.

One is an ovum, and these are the principle the mother gives to the future child.

Second, the ovum is impregnated while it remains in the ovary.

Of what sort must the chosen diet be which can favor the ripening of the ovum?

And as the rose springs from the seed, so the horse develops from the ovum.

It is impossible for the ovum to attain a higher degree of ripeness.

The cervix is then more or less dilated and the ovum is palpable.

ovum, shows the process of development in all its stages, 43, 44.

When the twins come from one ovum the condition is not so simple.