ovary
/ˈəʊvəɹi/US/ˈoʊvəɹi/
ovary noun: a female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most animals, and in mammals, secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
Noun
ovary (plural ovaries)
- A female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most animals, and in mammals, secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
- The male testicles are homologous to the female ovaries.
- The lower part of a pistil or carpel that bears ovules and ripens into fruit.
ovary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
ovary in Hindi
- female organ
- डिम्बग्रंथि ḍimbagranthi, अंडाशय aṇḍāśay
ovary in Tamil
- female organ
- சூலகம் cūlakam
ovary in Marathi
- female organ
- अंडाशय aṇḍāśay, बीजांडकोश bījāṇḍkoś
ovary in Bengali
- female organ
- ডিম্বাশয় ḍimbaśoẏ
More languagesFewer languages
- ovary in Telugu
- అండాశయము aṇḍāśayamu
- ovary in Malayalam
- അണ്ഡകോശം, ബീജകോശം
- ovary in Kannada
- ತತ್ತಿಚೀಲ, ಜನನಾಂಗ, ಅಂಡಾಶಯ, ತತ್ತಿಹುಟ್ಟುಕ
- ovary in Tagalog
- bahay-itlog, obaryo, itlugan
- ovary in Arabic
- مِبْيَض mibyaḍ, مَبِيض mabīḍ
- ovary in Indonesian
- ovarium
- ovary in Persian
- تخمدان toxm-dân
- ovary in Thai
- รังไข่ rang-kài
- ovary in Vietnamese
- buồng trứng
- Dhivehi
- ބިސްރަވަ bisrava
Examples of ovary in a sentence
- Mehlis' gland is dextrolateral to the ovary.
- When a follicle is mature, the egg within it bursts out of the ovary, and the Fallopian tube's fingerlike fimbria reach out and grab it.
- Not frequently, the large intestine is also tightly adhesed to the ovary.
Synonyms of ovary
Forms of ovary
| plural | ovaries |
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Origin of ovary
From New Latin ovarium, from Medieval Latin ovaria (“bird ovary”), from Latin ovum (“egg”). Doublet of ovarium.
Words formed from ovary
Phrases with ovary
Questions about ovary
- What does ovary mean?
- Ovary means a female reproductive organ, often paired, that produces ova in most animals, and in mammals, secretes the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
- What is ovary in Hindi?
- Ovary in Hindi is डिम्बग्रंथि (ḍimbagranthi), अंडाशय (aṇḍāśay). See Ovary meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ovary?
- Ovary is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ovary?
- Ovary is pronounced /ˈəʊvəɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ovary?
- The plural of ovary is ovaries.
Words near ovary in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ovary (page history and authors); ovary (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ovary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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