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Definition of Ovisacs
1. ovisac [n] - See also: ovisac
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovisacs
Literary usage of Ovisacs
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)
"They are then called Graafian vesicles, or the ovisacs of Dr. Martin Barry. ...
As may be imagined, the size of these ovisacs is progressive. ..."
2. The London Medical Gazette (1844)
"... in the roes of the smaller fishes, and its interior was occupied by similar
bodies, many of them, however, of larger size. They appeared to be ovisacs. ..."
3. Ovarian tumors: Their Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment, Especially by by Edmund Randolph Peaslee (1872)
"Bat the fact that cysts occur in other organs, as the kidneys, which do not
contain ovisacs, and which contain no tissue common to them and the ovary, ..."
4. Monograph of the Coccidæ of the British Isles by Robert Newstead (1903)
"(13 ovisacs.) CONIFERS. 18. Spruce Fir (Picea excelsa). ... (19 ovisacs.) In due
course the larvae hatched successfully, and could be seen actively ..."
5. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"At puberty the ovisacs, for the most part, retain thc'ir original condition, ...
Embedded more deeply in the ovary are less numerous ovisacs, which present ..."
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