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ovarian

ovarian

30 5.3
Relating to the parts inside a woman's body that make eggs
  • adjective
  • /oʊˈvɛəriən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ovárico
  • My mom was really sick with ovarian cancer.
  • ovarian cancer
  • advanced ovarian
  • ovarian carcinoma

Oh, should we check your ovarian reserve to make sure that your time is OK?

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Examples

  • In laboratory tests, the devices have been able to target ovarian cancer cells and inject them with therapeutic chemicals.

    Academic text (2010)
  • It's been shown that women with severe PTSD have doubled the risk of ovarian cancer.

  • I think it's ovarian cancer that they say that it leads to.

  • We also had the call about my raised ovarian cancer blood level.

  • Now, while you do have an advanced form of ovarian cancer, we removed everything that we found.

  • When I introduced them, my mother was dying of ovarian cancer.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • My blood work came back at one point and the ovarian cancer marker in my blood was very high.

  • While that is true, the risk of ovarian cancer is relatively low for women who do not have genetic risks or a strong family history.

  • Life began to crumble, though, when ovarian cancer was diagnosed for her only daughter.

    Blog text (5)
  • The doctor explained the symptoms of ovarian cancer to the concerned patient.

Synonyms

gynecological
vsovarian
  • Specialized
7 4.9

Relating to the health of a woman's reproductive organs

focuses specifically on a single reproductive organ only
gynecologic
vsovarian
  • Specialized
2 6.8

Relating to women's reproductive organs and their health

focuses specifically on a single reproductive organ only
gonadal
vsovarian
  • Specialized
8.2

Relating to the parts of the body that make eggs or sperm, like ovaries and testes

applies only to one sex's reproductive organ rather than both sexes

Compounds

ovarian cyst
  • Specialized
3 4.8

A fluid-filled sac on or inside an ovary that may need medical treatment

ovarian artery
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A blood vessel that carries blood to the ovaries

ovarian pregnancy
  • Specialized
8.4

A rare pregnancy when the fertilized egg grows in an ovary instead of the womb

ovarian vein
  • Specialized
5.8

A blood vessel that carries blood from an ovary back to the heart

Surface Forms

ovarian positive

Morphology

ovarian = ovary (transparent) = ovary + an

The adjective 'ovarian' is clearly derived from the noun 'ovary' with the addition of the suffix '-an', indicating a relation to the ovaries.

Etymology

Ovarian comes from the Latin word ovum, which means 'egg', and from ovary, the body part where eggs develop. So ovarian simply means 'relating to the ovaries'.