OVARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ovary mean? 

• OVARY (noun)
  The noun OVARY has 2 senses:

1. the organ that bears the ovules of a flower

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

  Familiarity information: OVARY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The organ that bears the ovules of a flower

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("ovary" is a kind of...):

reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)

Meronyms (parts of "ovary"):

placenta (that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form)

Holonyms ("ovary" is a part of...):

bloom; blossom; flower (reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ovary" is a kind of...):

female internal reproductive organ (the reproductive organs of a woman)

gonad; sex gland (a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced)

Meronyms (parts of "ovary"):

arteria ovarica; ovarian artery (the artery that branches from the aorta and supplies blood to the ovaries)

Graafian follicle (a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg)

Domain category:

craniate; vertebrate (animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium)

Holonyms ("ovary" is a part of...):

female reproductive system (the reproductive system of females)

Derivation:

ovarian (of or involving the ovaries)

 Context examples 

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the ovary.

(Benign Ovarian Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the ovary and is characterized by the presence of neoplastic epithelium that resembles the epithelium of the fallopian tube.

(Benign Ovarian Serous Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that originates from the surface epithelium of the ovary.

(Benign Ovarian Surface Epithelial-Stromal Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the ovary and is composed of at least two of the following cell types, serous, mucinous, endometrioid, transitional, or clear cell.

(Benign Ovarian Mixed Epithelial Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm of glandular epithelium affecting the ovary.

(Benign Ovarian Clear Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Testing to determining the function of testes and ovaries, frequently performed as part of a fertility assessment.

(Assessment of Gonadal Function, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign transitional cell tumor that arises from the ovary and is composed of a fibrotic stroma and nests of transitional cells without evidence of atypia.

(Benign Ovarian Brenner Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the ovary and is characterized by the presence of neoplastic epithelial cells that resemble urothelial cells.

(Benign Ovarian Transitional Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

The spread of the cancer to the ovary.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Ovary, NCI Thesaurus)

Carbohydrate antigen elevated in patients with tumors of the breast, ovary, lung, and prostate as well as other disorders.

(Mucin Peptide MUC-1, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)