† ovogenousadj.
Biology. Obsolete. rare.
Contributing to the formation or development of an ovum; ovogenetic.In quot. 1890, with reference to the theories of A. F. L. Weismann: cf. quot. 1889 at ovogenetic adj.
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1890 Nature 6 Feb. 322/1 I have interpreted the first polar body of the Metazoan ovum as a carrier of ovogenous plasm, which has to be removed from the ovum in order that the germ-plasm may attain the predominance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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