plural ovaries
1
: one of the typically paired essential female reproductive organs that produce eggs and in vertebrates female sex hormones
2
: the enlarged rounded usually basal portion of the pistil or gynoecium of an angiospermous plant that bears the ovules and consists of one or more carpels see flower illustration
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One ovary is enough to produce the hormones needed to avoid menopausal symptoms and preserve reproductive function.2
The ovaries produce the eggs and hormones needed to regulate the female reproductive cycle.
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Joy Emeh, Health, 28 Dec. 2024
All were between the ages of 20 and 40, had uterine infertility and had at least one functioning ovary.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2024
Those sturgeon carried the ovaries that promised a decade’s worth of caviar.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
Prior to egg collection, the ovaries are stimulated to produce more eggs than usual through the administration of one or two hormone injections a day, sometimes up to 90 shots per treatment cycle.
—New Atlas, 17 Dec. 2024
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Joy Emeh, Health, 28 Dec. 2024
All were between the ages of 20 and 40, had uterine infertility and had at least one functioning ovary.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2024
Those sturgeon carried the ovaries that promised a decade’s worth of caviar.
—Jack Nicas, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
Prior to egg collection, the ovaries are stimulated to produce more eggs than usual through the administration of one or two hormone injections a day, sometimes up to 90 shots per treatment cycle.
—New Atlas, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Ovary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ovary. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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ovary
noun
ova·ry
ˈōv-(ə-)rē 
plural ovaries
1
: one of the usually paired organs in the body of female animals that produces eggs and that in female vertebrates also produces sex hormones
2
: the enlarged rounded lower part of the pistil of a flower in which seeds are formed
Medical Definition
ovary
noun
ova·ry
ˈōv-(ə-)rē
plural ovaries
1
: one of the typically paired essential female reproductive organs that produce eggs and in vertebrates female sex hormones, that occur in the adult human as oval flattened bodies about one and a half inches (four centimeters) long suspended from the dorsal surface of the broad ligament of either side, that arise from the mesonephros, and that consist of a vascular fibrous stroma enclosing developing egg cells
2
: the female reproductive structure of an angiosperm that bears ovules and is enclosed in a flower
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