: one of the typically paired essential female reproductive organs that produce eggs and in vertebrates female sex hormones
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: the enlarged rounded usually basal portion of the pistil or gynoecium of an angiospermous plant that bears the ovules and consists of one or more carpels see flower illustration
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Recent Examples on the WebProbably a blood clot, the nurse practitioner told her when a subsequent ultrasound showed something on an ovary. Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022 Because ovaries enlarge during IVF, there’s risk that physical activity could lead to ovarian torsion, or twisting, a rare but dangerous condition that could require surgery and lead to loss of the ovary. Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2022 Kono is particularly proud of the chochin, an ovary surrounding an unfertilized egg, still clinging to its fallopian tube and liver. Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2022 The egg can also end up in an ovary, the cervix or the abdomen. Amy Alspaugh, The Conversation, 7 June 2022 Harper explains this is because the egg cannot be stopped from being fertilized by sperm once released from the ovary. Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 19 July 2022 This is not the same thing as Plan B or other morning-after pills, which forestalls a pregnancy by preventing the egg from being released by the ovary or a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterus. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 21 July 2022 Rather, emergency contraception pills prevent or delay an egg from being released from the ovary, or by preventing sperm from fertilizing an egg, according to the website. Becky Jacobs, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 July 2022 This kind of drug works primarily by preventing or delaying ovulation, or the release of an egg from an ovary. Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 1 July 2022 See More