Ovary
noun
A female reproductive organ where eggs are produced.
In order to conceive, a woman's ovary releases an egg into the fallopian tube every month.
Often appears as...
- ovarian cancer
- ovary surgery
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Technical
noun
The part of a flower containing the female reproductive cells.
The ovary in a flower often develops into a fruit after it is fertilized.
Often appears as...
- fruiting ovary
- ovary sac
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A female reproductive organ where eggs are produced.
In order to conceive, a woman's ovary releases an egg into the fallopian tube every month.
Often appears as...
- ovarian cancer
- ovary surgery
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The part of a flower containing the female reproductive cells.
The ovary in a flower often develops into a fruit after it is fertilized.
Often appears as...
- fruiting ovary
- ovary sac
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Specific
Used only for females or female animals, as males don't have ovaries.
The doctor explained that her left ovary was healthy.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Often used in healthcare and biology, it's a technical term not used casually.
Her ovary pain was diagnosed as a cyst.
Pro Tip 3/3Reproduction Focus
When discussing human reproduction or fertility, 'ovary' is a key term.
The fertility specialist discussed the health of her ovaries.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Specific
Used only for females or female animals, as males don't have ovaries.
The doctor explained that her left ovary was healthy.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Often used in healthcare and biology, it's a technical term not used casually.
Her ovary pain was diagnosed as a cyst.
Pro Tip 3/3Reproduction Focus
When discussing human reproduction or fertility, 'ovary' is a key term.
The fertility specialist discussed the health of her ovaries.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Specific
Used only for females or female animals, as males don't have ovaries.
The doctor explained that her left ovary was healthy.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Context
Often used in healthcare and biology, it's a technical term not used casually.
Her ovary pain was diagnosed as a cyst.
Pro Tip 3/3Reproduction Focus
When discussing human reproduction or fertility, 'ovary' is a key term.
The fertility specialist discussed the health of her ovaries.
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Alice Dreger: Is anatomy...
And it's often not until she hits puberty and she's growing and developing breasts, but she's not getting her period, that somebody figures out something's up here. And they do some tests and figure out that, instead of having ovaries inside and a uterus, she has testes inside, and she has a Y chromosome. Now what's important to understand
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Helping small-scale...
started to notice a pattern farmers were asking things like can i ovary pay my loan for next year's loan or you know it'd be easier if I could repay if I could start repaying my loan three months before getting a loan or six months before getting a loan and I thought hey this doesn't match your cash
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How Do Honeybees Get...
sex of her children which plays a pivotal role in their future if the queen wants to lay a female egg she will fertilize the egg by releasing spermatozoa that is stored in the spermatheca which sits behind her ovaries the spermatheca is filled during her first week of life when she mates
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How menstruation works -...
Each month beginning around puberty, the hormone-producing pituitary gland in the brain starts releasing two substances into the follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. When they reach the ovaries, they encourage the internal egg cells to grow and mature.
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What really happens to...
It's not your dotage. Your worth has nothing to do with your ovaries. So let's say you're in the menopause transition. What are the best things you can do? If you're suffering, there's almost always some kind of help. If you smoke, definitely try to quit.
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How do your hormones...
That triggers the gradual development of the sexual organs, makes facial hair sprout, and causes the voice to deepen and height to increase. In women, estrogen secreted from the ovaries signals the start of adulthood. It helps the body develop,
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The way we think about...
And it does take a lot of nerve to come up here and talk to you about my genitalia. Just a little. But I'm not talking about bravery or courage. I mean literally -- I have balls. Right here, right where a lot of you have ovaries.
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Human Body 101 PIPE...
No matter the roll size or shape of any of the body systems each began with a reproductive system This system is responsible for creating life the primary organs involved differ between the sexes with ovaries fallopian
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How menopause affects...
Women's estrogens, on the other hand, start fading in midlife, during menopause, which is anything but symptom-free. We associate menopause with the ovaries, but when women say that they're having hot flashes,
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Elephant Mating,...
She has to get it right. Her body has to. Deep inside, hormones in her blood have been stimulating her ovaries, producing an egg.
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Alice Dreger: Is anatomy...
And it's often not until she hits puberty and she's growing and developing breasts, but she's not getting her period, that somebody figures out something's up here. And they do some tests and figure out that, instead of having ovaries inside and a uterus, she has testes inside, and she has a Y chromosome. Now what's important to understand
Video examples
Helping small-scale...
started to notice a pattern farmers were asking things like can i ovary pay my loan for next year's loan or you know it'd be easier if I could repay if I could start repaying my loan three months before getting a loan or six months before getting a loan and I thought hey this doesn't match your cash
Video examples
How Do Honeybees Get...
sex of her children which plays a pivotal role in their future if the queen wants to lay a female egg she will fertilize the egg by releasing spermatozoa that is stored in the spermatheca which sits behind her ovaries the spermatheca is filled during her first week of life when she mates
Video examples
How menstruation works -...
Each month beginning around puberty, the hormone-producing pituitary gland in the brain starts releasing two substances into the follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. When they reach the ovaries, they encourage the internal egg cells to grow and mature.
Video examples
What really happens to...
It's not your dotage. Your worth has nothing to do with your ovaries. So let's say you're in the menopause transition. What are the best things you can do? If you're suffering, there's almost always some kind of help. If you smoke, definitely try to quit.
Video examples
How do your hormones...
That triggers the gradual development of the sexual organs, makes facial hair sprout, and causes the voice to deepen and height to increase. In women, estrogen secreted from the ovaries signals the start of adulthood. It helps the body develop,
Video examples
The way we think about...
And it does take a lot of nerve to come up here and talk to you about my genitalia. Just a little. But I'm not talking about bravery or courage. I mean literally -- I have balls. Right here, right where a lot of you have ovaries.
Video examples
Human Body 101 PIPE...
No matter the roll size or shape of any of the body systems each began with a reproductive system This system is responsible for creating life the primary organs involved differ between the sexes with ovaries fallopian
Video examples
How menopause affects...
Women's estrogens, on the other hand, start fading in midlife, during menopause, which is anything but symptom-free. We associate menopause with the ovaries, but when women say that they're having hot flashes,
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Elephant Mating,...
She has to get it right. Her body has to. Deep inside, hormones in her blood have been stimulating her ovaries, producing an egg.
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Jessica Valenti
American Writer
A huge part of keeping women in their place has to do with creating a really limited definition of what a 'real' woman is like. And a ton of that what-makes-a-woman nonsense is attached to motherhood. Apparently, by virtue of having ovaries and a uterus, women are automatic mommies or mommies-to-be.
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Candace Owens
American Activist
Call me weird, but personally, when it comes to my ovaries, I prefer to speak to my gynecologist. I don't think the leaders of the free world should have to be an expert on the issue, nor should they ever publicly voice their opinions.
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Robert Edwards
English Scientist
It struck me what we should be trying to do was pluck the egg from the ovary and fertilise it in the laboratory. We could do this in animals increasingly... this was the way to go in the human species.
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Mark Roth
American Scientist
In the immortal germ line of human beings - that is, the eggs that sit in the ovaries - they actually sit there in a state of suspended animation for up to 50 years in the life of each woman.
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Fran Drescher
American Actress
I told her I wanted a plastic surgeon to sew me up, and I wanted her to freeze my ovaries, so I could harvest the eggs and have a biological child through a surrogate.
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Martha McSally
American Politician
When I started at the Air Force Academy, I found out that I couldn't be a fighter pilot simply because I had ovaries. That was enough to make me go for it.
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Cobie Smulders
Canadian Actress
Just when your ovaries should be brimming with youthful follicles, cancerous cells overtook mine, threatening to end my fertility and potentially my life.
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Robert Winston
British Scientist
A young woman in her teens has about 300,000 eggs in her ovaries. By the time she is menopausal, none are left.
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Michelle Rodriguez
American Actress
People forget we come from an embryo and we're part sperm and part ovary. We have both sides in us.
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Odette Annable
American Actress
I can't even be around children. It's a problem. My ovaries start screaming.
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Jessica Valenti
American Writer
A huge part of keeping women in their place has to do with creating a really limited definition of what a 'real' woman is like. And a ton of that what-makes-a-woman nonsense is attached to motherhood. Apparently, by virtue of having ovaries and a uterus, women are automatic mommies or mommies-to-be.
Quote examples
Candace Owens
American Activist
Call me weird, but personally, when it comes to my ovaries, I prefer to speak to my gynecologist. I don't think the leaders of the free world should have to be an expert on the issue, nor should they ever publicly voice their opinions.
Quote examples
Robert Edwards
English Scientist
It struck me what we should be trying to do was pluck the egg from the ovary and fertilise it in the laboratory. We could do this in animals increasingly... this was the way to go in the human species.
Quote examples
Mark Roth
American Scientist
In the immortal germ line of human beings - that is, the eggs that sit in the ovaries - they actually sit there in a state of suspended animation for up to 50 years in the life of each woman.
Quote examples
Fran Drescher
American Actress
I told her I wanted a plastic surgeon to sew me up, and I wanted her to freeze my ovaries, so I could harvest the eggs and have a biological child through a surrogate.
Quote examples
Martha McSally
American Politician
When I started at the Air Force Academy, I found out that I couldn't be a fighter pilot simply because I had ovaries. That was enough to make me go for it.
Quote examples
Cobie Smulders
Canadian Actress
Just when your ovaries should be brimming with youthful follicles, cancerous cells overtook mine, threatening to end my fertility and potentially my life.
Quote examples
Robert Winston
British Scientist
A young woman in her teens has about 300,000 eggs in her ovaries. By the time she is menopausal, none are left.
Quote examples
Michelle Rodriguez
American Actress
People forget we come from an embryo and we're part sperm and part ovary. We have both sides in us.
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Odette Annable
American Actress
I can't even be around children. It's a problem. My ovaries start screaming.
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