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transovarian

transovarian adjective: through the ovaries.

Adjective

transovarian (not comparable)

  1. Through the ovaries.
    • This is the first molecular survey of the microbial composition in eggs and larval stages of termites and provides information on whether the gut microbiota of later instars originates from transovarian transmission through the eggs or from early inoculation of the offspring.2015 October 8, “Profiling the Succession of Bacterial Communities throughout the Life Stages of a Higher Termite Nasutitermes arborum (Termitidae, Nasutitermitinae) Using 16S rRNA Gene...
    Synonyms:
    transovarial

Synonyms of transovarian

Origin of transovarian

From trans- + ovarian.

Questions about transovarian

What does transovarian mean?
Transovarian means through the ovaries.
What part of speech is transovarian?
Transovarian is an adjective.

Words near transovarian in the dictionary

  1. transosseous
  2. transosseously
  3. transotic
  4. transovarial
  5. transovarially
  6. transovarian
  7. transovaric
  8. Transoxiana
  9. Transoxianan
  10. Transoxianans
  11. transp

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