ovarian
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of ovarian
Example Sentences
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J&J said Monday it has agreed to settle the remaining suits accusing the company’s talcum powder of causing ovarian cancer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The medications that cause ovarian suppression and have effectively relieved menstrual pain and helped millions of women to manage endometriosis, polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, and ovarian cysts?
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
Earlier in July, a federal court handed the firm a victory by questioning individual plaintiffs' ability to show that talc was the direct cause of their ovarian cancer.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The largest changes appeared in ovarian tissue, suggesting that the pesticide may interfere with reproductive processes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Her mom from a disease called ovarian cancer, when Mom was sixteen, and her dad in a car accident two years later.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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