ovum
pronunciation
How to pronounce ovum in British English:
UK [ˈəʊvəm]
How to pronounce ovum in American English:
US [ˈoʊvəm]
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- Noun:
- the female reproductive cell; the female gamete
Word Origin
- ovum (n.)
- (plural ova), 1706, from Latin ovum "egg," cognate with Greek oon, Old Norse egg, Old English æg, all perhaps from PIE root *awi- (see egg (n.)).
Example
- 1. A private-sector ovum donation bank has been established in japan for the first time .
- 2. The company began accepting egg donations on tuesday with the intention of creating an " ovum bank . "
- 3. " We will certainly see a restructuring of subsidy strategies at the chinese operators going forward , " said charice wang , an analyst at ovum , the telecoms research firm , in london .
- 4. To this end , mr. breton wants to keep increasing atos 's scope , the better to compete with the likes of ibm and capgemini sa and get a bigger slice of a global market ovum values at $ 626 billion in 2011 .