ovarianadj.
/ə(ʊ)ˈvɛːrɪən/, U.S. /oʊˈvɛriən/ Anatomy, Biology, and Medicine.
Of, relating to, or affecting the ovary.
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the world > life > the body > sex organs > female sex organs > [adjective] > ovary
ovarian1759
ovarial1789
perioophoric1883
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > relating to or having ovule > of or having an ovary
gymnotetraspermous1736
ovarian1759
germinal1811
monocephalous1845
tetrathecal1849
basal1870
paragerminal1876
1759 R. Dossie Inst. Exper. Chem. I. 422 This spark, as it were, of phosphorus..is continued in its glowing state, by some provision in the ovarian system.
1769 London Mag. Mar. 130/2 To Fallopius for finding out the ovarian tubes, called ever since by his name.
1833 Abstr. Papers Royal Soc. 1815–30 2 241 All which, connected with the appearance of the abdominal integuments, leave no doubt of ovarian dropsy having been the disease under which the individual suffered.
1840 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (1842) 350 The Ovarian veins communicate with the uterine sinuses.
1848 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 4) I. 387 The little ovarian utricle contracts as it increases in length.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iv. 185 In some..the embryos are developed in the ovarian sacs, or in the cavity of the body.
1900 G. M. Gould & W. L. Pyle Anomalies & Curiosities Med. xv. 782 Ovarian cysts, of which by far the greater number are of the glandular variety, form extremely large tumours.
1985 M. F. Myles Textbk. Midwives (ed. 10) ii. 28 From it on either side arise the two ovarian veins.
1992 N.Y. Times 12 Feb. c12/6 In most premenopausal women with breast cancer, chemotherapeutic drugs stop ovarian function and induce early menopause.
2002 Washington Post 8 Feb. (Home ed.) a2/3 There is currently no standard diagnostic test for ovarian cancer.
Compounds
ovarian follicle n. = Graafian follicle at Graafian adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > other parts
paxwaxa1325
testis1681
leaf1819
Harderian gland1822
fair-hair1825
ovarian follicle1834
Graafian follicle1841
thyro-hyal1854
Gartner's canal1874
admaxillary1896
baculum1939
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [noun] > ovum or ootid > Graafian follicle, etc.
corpus luteum1788
ovarian follicle1834
Graafian follicle1841
theca folliculi1857
corona radiata1869
stigma1890
1834 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 124 559 De Graaf describes a similar variety in the consistence and colour of the contents of the ovarian follicles or ovisacs in the Rabbit.
1918 Gray's Anat. (ed. 20) 1180 (caption) A section through an ovarian follicle.
2000 Independent 31 Oct. 9/1 A team of Italian scientists..found that mouse ovarian follicles exposed to extremely low frequency (ELF) electromagnetic fields failed to develop into good quality eggs.
ovarian vesicle n. (a) an ovarian follicle (now historical); †(b) Zoology = gonophore n. 2 (obsolete).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Hydrozoa > member of > zooid > reproductive
ovarian vesicle1797
gonophore1859
sporosac1859
phyogemmarium1861
planoblast1871
Medusa1888
1797 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 87 165 The fœtal rudiments had escaped; but the cavity of the ovarian vesicles had suffered but little diminution.
1851 T. H. Huxley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 141 580 The stem and branches of the polypidom in Sertularia are ‘organs’, the ovarian vesicles are ‘organs’, the polypes are ‘zoöids’; the sum of the organs and zoöids constitutes the individual.
1866 E. M. Hale Systematic Treat. Abortion iii. i. 116 Whilst the evolution of the ovarian vesicle is going on in the ovary, the vascularity of the uterine mucous membrane is greatly increased.
1940 Science 24 May 505/2 Adelmann is incorrectly stated to have said that Coiter ‘noticed the openings in the ruptured ovarian vesicles’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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