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n. The usually paired female or hermaphroditic reproductive organ that produces ova and, in vertebrates, estrogen and progesterone.

n. Botany The ovule-bearing lower part of a pistil that ripens into a fruit.

n. A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova and in mammals secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

n. The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.

n. That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of flower.

n. The essential female reproductive organ in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of Discophora.

n. That part of a female animal in which ova, eggs, or germs are generated and matured; the essential female organ of reproduction, corresponding to the testes of the male; the female genital gland or germ-gland; the ovarium.

n. In botany, a closed case or receptacle, the lower section of the pistil, inclosing the ovules or young seeds, and ultimately becoming the fruit.

Of or pertaining to an ovation.

n. the organ that bears the ovules of a flower

n. (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone

"As part of this study, a small portion of the ovary is surgically removed before starting cancer therapy."

reproductive structure    female internal reproductive organ    sex gland    gonad   

chambered ovary   

flower    discophora   

ovaritis    ovariectomy    ovarian   

ovarian    prostate    medullary    uterus    cystadenoma    pancreas    testis    polycystic    scrotum    apnoea