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Definition of Ovarian

1. Adjective. Of or involving the ovaries. "Ovarian cancer"

Definition of Ovarian

1. a. Of or pertaining to an ovary.

Definition of Ovarian

1. Adjective. (medicine) Relating to the ovaries. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ovarian

1. pertaining to an ovary [adj] - See also: ovary

Medical Definition of Ovarian

1. Pertaining to an ovary or ovaries (female gonad). This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovarian

Literary usage of Ovarian

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

1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"ber of ovarian tubes differs greatly in different insects ; in many Lepidoptera there ... The wall of an ovarian tube..—The ovarian tubes are lined with an ..."

2. Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques by Camran Nezhat (2000)
"Although the role of laparoscopy in the management of malignancy is expanding, laparo- tomy remains the procedure of choice when ovarian malignancy is ..."

3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"Would the artificial rupture of a small ovarian cystadenoma prevent further development? This is important, but is unanswerable at present. ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"On examination an ovarian cyst was found imbedded and adherent in Douglas's ... reports an ovarian-abdominal pregnancy in which the amnion was found ..."

5. Practice of Medicine by Frederick Tice (1921)
"The nature of the ovarian principle or principles which, directly or indirectly, produce the endocrine effects—including the effects upon the sexual ..."

6. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"Clinical Intervention: Screening of asymptomatic women for ovarian cancer is not recommended. ... Young RC ovarian cancer treatment: progress or paralysis. ..."

7. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"ovarian ABNORMALITIES IN THE BITCH By C. Dow Veterinary School, University of Glasgow INTRODUCTION Pathological studies of the canine female genital tract ..."

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