ovarium

[ oh-vair-ee-uhm ]

noun

, Archaic.

, plural o·var·i·a [oh-, vair, -ee-, uh].

1. ovary.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ovarium¹

From New Latin, dating back to 1685–95; ovary

Example Sentences

There is great adhesion and extreme displacement of parts where the organs spring from the top of the ovarium.

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In the ovarium there are six bundles of vessels: R. Brown judged by transverse sections.

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Do they run down walls of ovarium, and then turn up the placenta, and so debouch near the "orifices" of the ovules?

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St. Hilaire of an erect and suspended ovule in the same ovarium, but perhaps this hardly bears on the point.

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Ask your colleagues whether they know anything about the structure of the flower and ovarium in the uppermost flower.

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