See Also: ovario-(medicine)
ovario-(dictionary)

ovario- (iou)



ovario- combining form. Before a vowel ovar-, ovari-.
[from OVARIUM: see -O-.]
Of, pertaining to, or involving an ovary.
ovari'ectomize verb trans. perform ovariectomy on E20.
ovari'ectomy noun (an instance of) surgical removal of an ovary, oophorectomy L19.
ovari'otomized adjective that has undergone (an) ovariotomy E20.
ovari'otomy noun (a) oophorectomy; (b) (an instance of) surgical incision into an ovary (e.g. to remove a tumour): M19.
ova'ritis noun (Medicine) inflammation of the ovary, oophoritis M19.