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How to use ovum in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Ovum means the female gamete in animals; the egg cell. Example: “Far less confusion occurs if references to killing the ovum use just that language.”

More sentences with ovum

  • Far less confusion occurs if references to killing the ovum use just that language.1991, John B[oswell] Cobb, Jr., “The Right to Live”, in Matters of Life and Death […], Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox Press…. From the entry ovicide
  • Conversely, if two ova be caused to amalgamate with parallel axes, the result is a "giant".1929, Hans Dreisch (W.H. Johnston), Man and the Universe, page 93. From the entry fourling
  • In his case of hydramnion it was situated in the upper ovum in a twin pregnancy.1908, British Medical Journal. From the entry hydramnion
  • Seventy percent of twins are fraternal and result from fertilization of two separate ova by two different sperm.2012, Leonard Crowley, An Introduction to Human Disease: Pathology and Pathophysiology Correlations, page 471. From the entry fraternal
  • OK, get in dat pirogue ova dere, en be still.2005 May 12, William Jennings, “Awww, shucks ...... Lunch is over”, in rec.music.classical.guitar (Usenet). From the entry ova
  • The haploid ovum is now called an ootid (Fig. 8—7).1991, Richard E. Jones, Human Reproductive Biology, page 181. From the entry degenerate
  • Of course, fertilization is one necessary step in the process of development from an unfertilized ovum to a human being.1991, John B[oswell] Cobb, Jr., “The Right to Live”, in Matters of Life and Death […], Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox Press…. From the entry ovicide
  • OVA (Sclerocarya birrea) The bark is pounded and added to lukewarm water which is taken as a remedy for mouthsore.1987, Kamoji K. Wachiira, Women's use of off-farm and boundary lands. From the entry mouthsore
  • Each primitive germ cell gives rise, by repeated divisions, to a number of smaller cells termed oögonia, from which the ova or primary oöcytes are developed.1913, Henry Gray, Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied, new American/18th English edition, Philadelphia; New York: Lea & Febiger, page 38. From the entry oöcyte
  • The spermatozoon is not concerned with evasion, but in addition to the ordinary physical and chemical changes it has a special attractional relation to the ovum.1904, Robert Brandon Arnold, Scientific fact and metaphysical reality, page 170. From the entry attractional
  • Cases of twins developed from one ovum, where one twin flourishes at the expense of its less fortunate partner, are not by any means uncommonly met with in veterinary practice.1900 April, O. Charnock Bradley, “An Acardiac Monster”, in The Veterinary Journal [British Veterinary Journal], volume 1 (New Series)…. From the entry monster

Meaning of ovum

  1. noun The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.

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Questions about ovum in a sentence

How do you use ovum in a sentence?
Ovum is used as a noun. For example: “Far less confusion occurs if references to killing the ovum use just that language.”
What is a short sentence with ovum?
“OK, get in dat pirogue ova dere, en be still.”
What does ovum mean?
Ovum means the female gamete in animals; the egg cell.

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