Definition of Ovisac

1. n. A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova.

Definition of Ovisac

1. Noun. A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova. ¹

2. Noun. The inner layer of the fibrous wall of a Graafian follicle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ovisac

1. a sac containing an ovum or ova [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ovisac

1. A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova. The inner layer of the fibrous wall of a Graafian follicle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovisac

ovipositing
oviposition
ovipositional
ovipositions
ovipositor
ovipositors
oviposits
oviraptor
oviraptoran
oviraptorans
oviraptorid
oviraptorids
oviraptorosaur
oviraptorosaurs
oviraptors
ovisac (current term)
ovisacs
ovists
ovo-
ovo-vegetarian
ovo-viviparous
ovochymase
ovococcus
ovocyte
ovoflavin
ovogenesis
ovoglobulin
ovogonium
ovoid

Literary usage of Ovisac

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

1. Diseases of the ovaries: Their Diagnosis and Treatment by Spencer Wells (1873)
"The ovisac is composed of embryonic fibres of .connective tissue, ... At the commencement of the formation of the ovisac, according to Dr. Martin Barry, ..."

2. The Principles and practice of obstetrics by Gunning S. Bedford (1869)
"... of the term Fecundation ; in what it consists—Reproduction the Joint Act of both Sexes—The Female furnishes the "Germ-cell"—The ovisac or ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1863)
"... not differentiated, its presence indicated by eye- specks and otoliths; umbrella absent, ovisac fixed, enclosed in a differentiated ..."

4. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1854)
"On Vesicles in the Abdominal Cavity and Uterus, containing a Mulberry-like Body rotating on its Axis, and on the Expulsion of the ovisac from the Ovary. ..."

5. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1854)
"On Vesicles in the Abdominal Cavity and Uterus, containing a Mulberry-like Body rotating on its Axis, and on the Expulsion of the ovisac from the Ovary. ..."

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