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View synonyms for ova

ova

[ oh-vuh ]

noun

  1. the plural of ovum.


ova

/ ˈəʊvə /

noun

  1. the plural of ovum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


ova

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

The ova closely resemble those of Tnia saginata, but are a little smaller (Fig. 101).

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.

She decorates the egg, as it were, with a fluid which later turns black and appears as a streak across the ova.

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