Definition of Ovular

1. Adjective. Being or of the nature of an ovule.

Partainyms: Ovule
Derivative terms: Ovule

2. Adjective. Of or relating to an ovum.
Derivative terms: Ovule
Partainyms: Ovum

Definition of Ovular

1. a. Relating or belonging to an ovule; as, an ovular growth.

Definition of Ovular

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to an ovule ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ovular

1. ovule [adj] - See also: ovule

Medical Definition of Ovular

1. Relating or belonging to an ovule; as, an ovular growth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovular

ovomucoid
ovonic
ovonics
ovoplasm
ovoplasma
ovoprotogen
ovosiston
ovotestes
ovotransferrin
ovovitellin
ovoviviparity
ovoviviparous
ovoviviparously
ovular (current term)
ovular membrane
ovular transmigration
ovulary
ovulate
ovulated
ovulates
ovulating
ovulation detection
ovulation induction
ovulation inhibitor
ovulation method
ovulation method of family planning

Literary usage of Ovular

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

1. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1850)
"The ovular theory has been expressed in the following proposition«:— 2. ... These propositions embrace the cardinal points of the ovular theory of ..."

2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"As can be seen in Figure 4, there are two independent cavities: (a) that of the enlarged uterus, and (6) that of the ovular sac, hollowed out in the left ..."

3. The Principles and practice of obstetrics by Gunning S. Bedford (1869)
"Menstruation does not consist in the. Discharge of Blood, but in the Maturity of the Ovules—ovular Theory—Or. John ..."

4. The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children (1903)
"He did not feel that we were in a position yet to state that all these cases were of maternal or of fetal (ovular) origin. Indeed. he felt inclined to ..."

5. Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London by Obstetrical Society of London (1904)
"He did not feel that we were in a position yet to state that all these cases were of maternal or of foetal (ovular) origin. Indeed, he felt inclined to ..."

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