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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ovary" is a kind of...):
female internal reproductive organ (the reproductive organs of a woman)
gonad; sex gland (a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced)
Meronyms (parts of "ovary"):
arteria ovarica; ovarian artery (the artery that branches from the aorta and supplies blood to the ovaries)
Graafian follicle (a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg)
Domain category:
craniate; vertebrate (animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium)
Holonyms ("ovary" is a part of...):
female reproductive system (the reproductive system of females)
Derivation:
ovarian (of or involving the ovaries)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The organ that bears the ovules of a flower
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ovary" is a kind of...):
reproductive structure (the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction)
Meronyms (parts of "ovary"):
placenta (that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form)
Holonyms ("ovary" is a part of...):
bloom; blossom; flower (reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts)
Context examples:
It may arise from the ovary, pancreas, appendix, and lung.
(Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is also found on tumors of the breast, ovary, lung, and prostate.
(MUC-1 Antigen, NCI Dictionary)
A rare cancer of the uterus, ovary, or fallopian tubes.
(Mixed Mesodermal (Mullerian) Tumor, NCI Dictionary)
Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of cancers of the liver, breast, thyroid, ovary and prostate as well as Alzheimer's disease.
(MIR146A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with the development of cancers of the liver, ovary, breast, lung, thyroid and prostate, as well as melanoma and glioblastoma multiforme.
(MIR221 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called androblastoma and Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor of the ovary.
(Arrhenoblastoma, NCI Dictionary)
A thecoma of the ovary that does not metastasize to other anatomic sites.
(Benign Ovarian Thecoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A granulosa cell tumor occurring in the ovary and rarely in the testis.
(Adult Type Granulosa Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
The ovarian follicle is the basic functional unit of the ovary, which contains the egg surrounded by two distinct cell types, known as granulosa cells and theca cells.
(Study solves ovarian cell mystery, shedding new light on reproductive disorders, NIH)
In ovary, placenta, breast, and testis, 170 kD BRX contains a LBC region preceded by 3 novel regions; C-terminal regions 4 and 5 bind to the ESR1 ligand-binding domain.
(A Kinase Anchor Protein 13, NCI Thesaurus)
