(vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone
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Ovary \O"va*ry\ ([=o]"v[.a]*r[y^]), n.; pl. {Ovaries} ([=o]"v[.a]*r[i^]z). [NL. ovarium, fr. L. ovum egg: cf. F. ovaire. See {Oval}.] 1. (Bot.) That part of the pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of {Flower}.
2. (Zo["o]l. & Anat.) The essential female reproductive organ in which the ova are produced. See Illust. of {Discophora}.
When they inserted the genetic material into hamster ovary cells, the cells produced receptors that behaved as expected when exposed to cannabinoids.
The tumor is 200 times the size and 500 times the weight of a normal ovary, the newspaper quoted doctors as saying.
IVF involves the removal of mature eggs from a woman's ovary, fertilization in the laboratory with a man's sperm, and then transference to the woman's uterus.