ovary

Significado (Inglés)

1. A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most animals, and in mammals, secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
2. The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.

Conceptos

ovario

formación del fruto

Sinónimos

ovarium

oophoron

testicle

uterus

ectopic pregnancy

seed bud

epoophoron

ovaries

Traducciones

ovaire

Eierstock

ovário

ovario

ωοθήκη

ovari

ovaia

Fruchtknoten

eierstok

yumurtalık

Ovar

Ovarium

ovaio

ovarium

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈəʊvəɹi/

Etimología (Inglés)

From New Latin ovarium, from Medieval Latin ovaria (“bird ovary”), from Latin ovum (“egg”). Doublet of ovarium.