ovarium

[ oh-vair-ee-uh m ]

/ oʊˈvɛər i əm /

ovary.

Origin of ovarium

From New Latin, dating back to 1685–95; see origin at ovary

It is prominent and increases to the size of a cherry, occupying the greatest part of the ovarium.

Buffon's Natural History, Volume III (of 10) |Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
It has fallen to my lot to have opened two other patients, whose deaths were occasioned by incysted dropsy of the ovarium.

Zoonomia, Vol. II |Erasmus Darwin
What would the floriculturist care for any change in the structure of the ovarium or of the ovules?

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) |Charles Darwin
While the egg is fastened to the ovarium, it derives its nutriment from the vessel of the common pellicle.

Buffon's Natural History, Volume III (of 10) |Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Some of these vesicles are situated so near the surface of the ovarium as to be prominent on its surface.

Fruits of Philosophy |Charles Knowlton

ovarium

[ ō- vār′ē- ŭm ]

One of the paired female reproductive organs that produce ova; an ovary.