ova

[ oh-vuh ]
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noun
  1. the plural of ovum.

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How to use ova in a sentence

  • In Africa the ova, and even adults, of Distoma hmatobium are common, accompanying "Egyptian hematuria."

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
  • The ova closely resemble those of Tnia saginata, but are a little smaller (Fig. 101).

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
  • Tempore mensium praesertim ova egrediuntur ex ovariis in tubos Fallopianos et inde in uterum.

  • The divisions to form ova present certain complications which need not be taken up in detail here.

    Taboo and Genetics | Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary Blanchard
  • She decorates the egg, as it were, with a fluid which later turns black and appears as a streak across the ova.

British Dictionary definitions for ova

ova

/ (ˈəʊvə) /


noun
  1. the plural of ovum

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Cultural definitions for ova

ova

[ (oh-vuh) ]


sing. ovum

The female sex cells, produced in the ovary and released during ovulation; the eggs. An ovum must normally be fertilized (see fertilization) to develop into a new living thing.

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