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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It's thought to be caused by the egg stretching your ovary before it's released.
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Wendy Wisner, Health, 1 Feb. 2025
Your brain signals your ovaries to start preparing an egg for release, and estrogen levels begin climbing.
—Shivani Somaiya, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
However, it is also produced in the ovaries (the organs that produce eggs) and is present in people of all sexes.
—Danielle Weiss, Verywell Health, 4 Jan. 2025
But in the three decades since the genes were discovered, scientists have learned that BRCA mutations can also lead to cancer in the ovaries, the pancreas, and the prostate.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
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Wendy Wisner, Health, 1 Feb. 2025
Your brain signals your ovaries to start preparing an egg for release, and estrogen levels begin climbing.
—Shivani Somaiya, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025
However, it is also produced in the ovaries (the organs that produce eggs) and is present in people of all sexes.
—Danielle Weiss, Verywell Health, 4 Jan. 2025
But in the three decades since the genes were discovered, scientists have learned that BRCA mutations can also lead to cancer in the ovaries, the pancreas, and the prostate.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Ovary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ovary. Accessed 12 Feb. 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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