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Definition: OVARIES |
OVARIESPlural1. Of Ovary |
Date "OVARIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1859. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The pair of female reproductive glands in which the ova, or eggs, are formed. The ovaries are located in the pelvis, one on each side of the uterus. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Ohhhh, my ovaries! (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Newbie, I know your ovaries are ahab-solutely tingling at the very sight of this little fella but you gotta snap out of it. (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken) I washed my face with your ovaries. (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Line drawing of a woman's pelvic area showing the aorta, fallopian tubes, ovaries, uterus, cervix, and vagina. The lymph nodes are highlighted. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Shown is a culture dish containing frozen breast tissue. A technician's hands and test instruments are visible as well. This is used for analysis in estrogen receptor assay test. Results suggest whether removal of ovaries or use of antiestrogen drugs are likely to be effective. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | Seen are a technician's hands performing a lab test. The test tube with some frozen breast tissue and some liquid are visible, as well as the techician in some slides. This is the estrogen receptor assay being performed at the time of mastectomy. Results suggest whether removal of ovaries or use of antiestrogen drugs are likely to be effective therapy. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Seen is a lab technician performing a step in the estrogen receptor assay. She is placing some liquid in test vials and inspecting them. In some slides only her hands and the vials are visible. The results of this test indicate whether removal of ovaries or antiestrogen drugs is the likely therapy. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Women Effects on the ovaries. (references) | |
Ovaries stop releasing eggs around the time of menopause. (references) | ||
Progesterone is another sex hormone also produced by your ovaries. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "OVARIES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "OVARIES" is used about 86 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 86 | 35,638 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "OVARIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 卵巢 (Ovarian, Ovary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | maalingerne blev udfoert i et vand-fantom i l og 5 cm dybde, d.v.s. i middel-dybden for testikler og ovarier (measurements were made in water phantom at l and 5 cm, the average depths of the testes and ovaries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gemeten werd op l en 5 cm in een waterfantoom, d.w.z. op de gemiddelde diepte van testes en ovaria (measurements were made in water phantom at l and 5 cm, the average depths of the testes and ovaries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | des mesures ont été effectuées dans un fantome eau une distance de l 5 cm, c'est- -dire la profondeur moyenne des testicules et des ovaires (the average depths of the testes and ovaries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Fruchtknoten (ovary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | Οι μετρήσεις έγιναν σε ομοιώματα νερού σε βάθος 1 cm και 5 cm,δηλαδή το μέσο βάθος όπου βρίσκονται οι όρχεις και οι ωοθήκες. (measurements were made in water phantom at l and 5 cm, the average depths of the testes and ovaries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | sono state eseguite misure su un fantoccio d'acqua a una distanza di l e 5 cm, ossia alla profondit media dei testicoli e delle ovaie (measurements were made in water phantom at l and 5 cm, the average depths of the testes and ovaries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 난소 (Ovary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ovariesay as medições foram efectuadas em espectro de água a 1 e 5 cm,ou seja,a profundidade média dos testículos e ovários (measurements were made in water phantom at l and 5 cm, the average depths of the testes and ovaries). (various references) las medidas se efectuaron sobre un maniquí de agua a distancias comprendidas entre 1 y 5 cm de profundidad media de los testículos de los ovarios (measurements were made in water phantom at l and 5 cm, the average depths of the testes and ovaries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"OVARIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: avaries, Avaris, evaire, everies, Omvaree, Ouvrie, ouvriers, ovalis, ovari, ovarie, overrise, tovarish. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "OVARIES" (pronounced ō"verēz) |
| 4 | -v er ē z | calvaries, deliveries, discoveries, recoveries, reveries. |
| 3 | -er ē z | accessories, advisories, anniversaries, armories, arteries, bakeries, batteries, boundaries, breweries, burglaries, calories, canneries, centuries, diaries, directories, distilleries, documentaries, draperies, eateries, embroideries, factories, fisheries, forgeries, galleries, groceries, hatcheries, hickories, histories, injuries, inquiries, lotteries, luxuries, machineries, memories, microbreweries, miseries, mysteries, nurseries, penitentiaries, quandaries, refineries, refractories, robberies, rosaries, salaries, sceneries, summaries, surgeries, treasuries, vagaries, victories, wineries. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-o-r-s-v" | |
-1 letter: aivers, ariose, savior, varies, vireos. | |
-2 letters: aiver, arise, arose, arvos, avers, aviso, oaves, osier, overs, raise, raves, rives, roves, saver, savor, serai, servo, siver, soave, vairs, verso, viers, vireo, vires, visor. | |
-3 letters: aero, airs, ares, arse, arvo, aver, aves, avos, ears, eras, eros, ires, oars, ores, osar, over, rase, rave, reis, revs, rias. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-o-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: aversion, avodires, avoiders, savorier, savories, travoise, valorise, vaporise, varicose, varioles, viatores, viragoes, votaries. | |
+2 letters: aversions, behaviors, bolivares, corrasive, deviators, favorites, jarovizes, ovarioles, pervasion, ravigotes, savoriest, savourier, savouries, travoises, valorised, valorises, valorizes, vaporised, vaporises, vaporizes, varicosed, veracious, veronicas, versional, violaters. | |
+3 letters: absorptive, adenovirus, adsorptive, advisories, behaviours, carnivores, disapprove, disfavored, evaporites, formatives, lavatories, microwaves, nervations, operatives, ovaritides, overclaims, overlavish, overplaids, overpraise, oversaving, overstrain, overtrains, pervasions, reinvasion, riverboats, savoriness, savouriest, sovranties, tovariches, tovarishes, uvarovites, vanitories, vaporizers, vernations, vocalizers, voracities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 56 41 52 49 45 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ...- .- .-. .. . ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01010110 01000001 01010010 01001001 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O V A R I E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0056 0041 0052 0049 0045 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)49563552433953 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, 중국, chinês, chino |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, danés |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, holandés |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, "랑스, francês, francés |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, 독일, alemão, alemán |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, 그리스, grego, griego |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, 이탈리아 |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, coreano |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, 포르투갈, português, portugués |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, 스페인, espanhol, español |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, 영국, inglês, inglés |
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