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Meaning of "ovum" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OVUM

From Latin: egg.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF OVUM

ˈəʊvəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OVUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ovum is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OVUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Egg cell

The egg cell is the female haploid reproductive cell in oogamous organisms. The egg cell is typically not capable of active movement, and it is much larger than the motile sperm cells. When egg and sperm fuse, a diploid cell is formed, which gradually grows into a new organism.

Definition of ovum in the English dictionary

The definition of ovum in the dictionary is an unfertilized female gamete; egg cell.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OVUM

novum · sempervivum

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OVUM

ovist · ovoid · ovoidal · ovoli · ovolo · ovonic · ovotestes · ovotestis · ovoviviparity · ovoviviparous · ovoviviparously · ovular · ovulary · ovulate · ovulation · ovulation method · ovulatory · ovule · ovuliferous · ow

WORDS THAT END LIKE OVUM

album · aluminium · at a premium · Belgium · cum · datum · forum · Glevum · hum · maximum · medium · minimum · museum · petroleum · platinum · premium · stadium · sum · um · vum

Synonyms and antonyms of ovum in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ovum» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF OVUM

Find out the translation of ovum to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ovum from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ovum» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

卵子
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

óvulo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

ovum
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

डिंब
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البويضة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

яйцеклетка
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

óvulo
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ডিম্বাণু
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

ovule
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Ovum
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Eizelle
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

卵子
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

난자
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ovum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trứng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

சினை முட்டை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

डिंब
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

yumurta
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

ovulo
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

jajo
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

яйцеклітина
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

ovul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ωάριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ovum
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ovum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ovum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ovum

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OVUM»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of ovum
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ovum

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OVUM»

Discover the use of ovum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ovum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Advances in Ovum Research and Application: 2013 Edition
The editors have built Advances in Ovum Research and Application: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Oocytes in this book to be deeper than what you can access anywhere ...
‎2013
2
Implantation of the Ovum
A review of recent studies on implantation serves to put the individual reports in context. This book provides a needed perspective on an important area of reproduction research.
Koji Yoshinaga, Roland K. Meyer, Roy Orval Greep, 1976
3
Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Care of the Childbearing & ...
In just 38 weeks, a fertilized egg (ovum) matures from a single cell to a fully developed fetus ready to be born. Fetal growth and development are typically divided into three periods: preembryonic (first 2 weeks, beginning with fertilization), ...
Adele Pillitteri, 2010
4
The Ovum Factor
A rare molecule.
Marvin Zimmerman, 2008
5
Color Atlas and Textbook of Human Anatomy: Internal organs
During impregnation (penetration of the spermatozoon into the ovum), the ovum is still at the stage of the 2nd maturation division 1; this stage is terminated by insemination. The polar corpuscle 2 has also divided, forming an additional polar  ...
Werner Kahle, Helmut Leonhardt, 1993
6
Comparative Vertebrate Reproduction
They must provide many of the substrates and organizational attributes necessary for the initiation and in some instances the completion of embryonic development. The highly ordered nature of the ovum's cytoplasmic components comprises ...
Julian Lombardi, 1998
7
Making Sense of Sex: A Forthright Guide to Puberty, Sex and ...
It's all thanks to hormones! Once a month, under the influence of the female hormones, oestrogen and progesterone, one or other of the ovaries releases a mature ovum (egg) into the Fallopian tube. This is known as ovulation. In the two weeks ...
Sarah Attwood, 2008
8
A Very Young Ovum in Situ
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Gerhard Leopold, 2011
9
Breaking the Abortion Deadlock : From Choice to Consent: ...
and the female element, or ovum, fuse together,26 either inside a woman's body subsequent to sexual intercourse or artificial insemination or outside her body when in vitro techniques are employed. When conception occurs inside a woman's ...
Eileen McDonagh Associate Professor of Political Science Northeastern University, 1996
10
Animal Physiology: From Genes to Organisms
3 The acrosomal enzymes digest the zona pellucida, creating a pathway to the plasma membrane of the ovum. When the sperm reaches the ovum, the plasma membranes of the two cells fuse. 4 The sperm nucleus enters the ovum cytoplasm.
Lauralee Sherwood, Hillar Klandorf, Paul Yancey, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OVUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ovum is used in the context of the following news items.
1
PayPal rising
Meanwhile, as an ACI Worldwide/Ovum study shows, most banks believe consumers in general want a broader choice of payment tools, and if ... «Banking Exchange, Jul 15»
2
Smartphones to dominate handset sales worldwide by 2020: Ovum
These projections are published in the latest Ovum report named "Mobile Handset Interactive Forecast Tool: 2013–20." The report said total ... «MIS Asia, Jul 15»
3
On The Pulse with Niall Redmond: Josh Wink appearing at Dublin's …
His Ovum imprint now celebrates its 20th anniversary with an impressive back catalogue including releases from King Britt (cofounder), Steve ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
4
How Vancouver's Payfirma, facing a crowded mobile payments …
Gilles Ubaghs, senior analyst for financial services technology at Ovum, is also cautious about Payfirma's growth plans. “I see nothing in ... «Financial Post, Jul 15»
5
In data science, the R language is swallowing Python
Meanwhile, given the boom in big data -- projected by Ovum to grow 50 percent by 2019 on an already large base -- you can expect increasing ... «InfoWorld, Jul 15»
6
Minor mobile phone problems causing customer churn
A 2015 Ovum study found that poor customer experience around phone problems is detrimental to loyalty, and can increase churn when ... «Business Review Europe, Jul 15»
7
China Mobile dominates global mobile subscriptions: Ovum
China Mobile is the world's number one choice for mobile use, with Vodafone in second, and India's Bharti Airtel a close third, according to the ... «ZDNet, Jul 15»
8
Avid-commissioned indie study finds growing confidence in media …
The Ovum research shows that integrated digital content platforms are essential for competing in today's content everywhere world. «SHOOT Online, Jul 15»
9
How Mobile Payments Shift The Security And Fraud Paradigm
A study conducted by market research firm Ovum showed that more than half of retailers across the world aren't investing in new payments ... «PYMNTS.com, Jul 15»
10
PayPal set to grow in wake of eBay split
Mr Gilles Ubaghs, a senior analyst for financial services technology at research firm Ovum, said PayPal is now bigger than "its core digital ... «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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