| oophor- | Oophoro- The ovary. See: oo-, ovario-. Origin: Mod. L. Oophoron, ovary, fr. G. Oophoros, egg-bearing (05 Mar 2000) |
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| oophoralgia | Synonym: ovarialgia. Origin: oophor-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| oophore | <botany> An alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which bears antheridia and archegonia, and so has sexual fructification, as contrasted with the sporophore, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless number. In ferns the oophore is a minute prothallus; in mosses it is the leafy plant. Origin: Gr. Egg-bearing; an egg + to bear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oophorectomy | <procedure, surgery> The removal of an ovary or ovaries. Synonym: ovariectomy. Origin: Gr. Ektom = excision (18 Nov 1997) |
| oophoric | <botany> Having the nature of, or belonging to, an oophore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oophoridium | Origin: NL, dim. Fr. Gr. See Oophore. <botany> The macrosporangium or case for the larger kind of spores in heterosporous flowerless plants. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oophoritic cyst | <gynaecology> The ovary will form a fluid filled cyst on the surface of the ovary each month after an egg is released from the ovary during normal ovulation. Larger cysts can cause pain and bleeding (rupture). (27 Sep 1997) |
| oophoritis | <medicine> Ovaritis. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Egg + to bear + -itis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oophoro- | See: oophor-. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oophorocystectomy | Excision of an ovarian cyst. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oophorocystosis | Ovarian cyst formation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oophorohysterectomy | Removal of ovaries and uterus. Synonym: oophorohysterectomy. Origin: ovario-+ G. Hystera, uterus, + ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| oophoroma | <tumour> An ovarian tumour. Synonym: ovarioncus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oophoron | Rarely used term for ovary. Origin: G. Oon, egg, + phoros, bearing (05 Mar 2000) |
| oophoropathy | Any disease of the ovary. Synonym: oophoropathy. Origin: ovario-+ G. Pathos, suffering (05 Mar 2000) |
| salpingo-oophor- | Salpingo-oophoro- The fallopian tube and ovary. Origin: salpingo-+ Mod. L. Oophoron, ovary, fr. G. Oophoros, egg-bearing (05 Mar 2000) |
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