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ovario- (iou) and corpus amylaceum (medicine)


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.

corpus amylaceum (medicine)


corpus amylaceum


One of a number of small ovoid or rounded, sometimes laminated, bodies resembling a grain of starch and found in nervous tissue, in the prostate, and in pulmonary alveoli; of little pathological significance, and apparently derived from degenerated cells or proteinaceous secretions.

Synonym: amniotic corpuscle, amylaceous corpuscle, amyloid corpuscle, colloid corpuscle.