Definition of Ovine

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or of the nature of or characteristic of a sheep or sheep.

Partainyms: Sheep

Definition of Ovine

1. a. Of or pertaining to sheep; consisting of sheep.

Definition of Ovine

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or being a sheep. ¹

2. Adjective. ''Specifically,'' resembling a sheep in character; passive, of low intelligence and acquiescent. ¹

3. Noun. A sheep. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ovine

1. a sheep or a closely related animal [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ovine

1. Relating to, affecting, resembling or derived from a sheep. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovine

ovicides
ovicular
ovicyst
oviducal
oviduct
oviductal
oviducts
oviferous
oviform
ovigenesis
ovigenetic
ovigenous
ovigerons
ovigerous
ovigerus
ovine (current term)
ovine acetonaemia
ovine mastitis
ovine progressive pneumonia
ovines
ovinia
ovioular
ovipara
oviparities
oviparity
oviparous
oviposit
oviposited
ovipositing
oviposition

Literary usage of Ovine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 162,-327 (1979) Effect of Prostaglandin I2 on ovine Maternal and Fetal Adrenal Blood Flows (40674)1 TERRANCE M. ..."

2. Mammalian Embryo Genomics by OECD Staff, Oecd, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (2003)
"Gene Expression and DNA Methylation of an Imprinted Gene Cluster on ovine Chromosome 18 During Early Embryonic Development RE Durkin, CA Bidwell, ..."

3. The Pathology and Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases of Animals by Veranus Alva Moore (1916)
"ovine CASEOUS LYMPH-ADENITIS (PSEUDO-TUBERCULOSIS IN SHEEP) Synonyms. ... The name "ovine caseous lymph-adenitis" was proposed by Norgaard and Mohler in ..."

4. The Clinical Pathology of the Blood of Domesticated Animals by Samuel Howard Burnett (1917)
"... of mononuclear and polymorphonuclear leucocytes; in some smears also a marked increase in the eosinophiles. Counts were not given. ovine PIROPLASMOSIS ..."

5. A Handbook of Vaccination by Edward Cator Seaton (1868)
"Dr. Legni added, that he had continued to propagate the ovine lymph on children. Sacco, on his return to Milan, used what he had remaining of the ovine ..."

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