How to Use ovary in a Sentence

ovary

noun
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  • Ovarian cancer surgery left Kate with one ovary and her uterus.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Mature eggs are harvested from a woman's ovaries and combined with sperm in a lab.
    — Ginger Christ and Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Ishaq had her ovaries and uterus removed last year, bringing her risk of ovarian cancer close to zero.
    — Soumya Karlamangla, latimes.com, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Each strip contains thousands of follicles, the proto-eggs of the ovary, preserved at their peak.
    — Robin Marantz Henig, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
  • My bowel was attached to my uterus, and my ovaries were kissing, [meaning they were stuck together].
    — Annie Daly, Allure, 9 July 2024
  • Other factors, like surgical removal of the ovaries or uterus, can trigger menopause.
    — Joy Emeh, Health, 18 July 2024
  • The coils are meant to cause inflammation, building up scar tissue that blocks the tubes and stops eggs from being carried from the ovaries to the uterus.
    — NBC News, 12 Apr. 2018
  • So to reach the ovaries, scientists need to use a special tool with an ultrasound probe and needle at the end to aspirate the egg cells.
    — Alessandra Potenza, The Verge, 6 Apr. 2018
  • One suggested that driving could harm a woman’s ovaries, a notion ridiculed by many Saudis on social media.
    — Alexandra Zavis, latimes.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Female rhinos are massive, and their ovaries are almost 5 feet inside their bodies, Stejskal says.
    — Alessandra Potenza, The Verge, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Females are born with immature eggs in their ovaries that can fully develop only after puberty.
    — Amy Lieu, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Lesions can block the fallopian tubes and ovaries or distort reproductive organs.
    — Kasandra Brabaw, Health, 19 June 2024
  • During each cycle of IVF, the woman receives drugs that stimulate her ovaries to produce more eggs than normal.
    — Ginger Christ and Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Very young transgender patients sometimes freeze tissue from their ovaries or testes for later use, a method that’s still considered experimental.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, chicagotribune.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • One cycle includes stimulating the ovaries with synthetic hormones to produce multiple eggs.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 10 Mar. 2018
  • The beverages are pretty much limited to tea or complex herbal tea; somebody may forget to tell you about the lunch specials; and the dessert list includes frog ovaries, bird's nest and turtle-shell jelly with coconut milk.
    — Jonathan Gold, latimes.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • First, up to 10% of mumps infections in teenagers or adults may cause severe complications, including deafness, meningitis and involvement of the testes or ovaries.
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The ovary should be swollen with the beginning of the new fruit.
    — oregonlive, 16 Jan. 2021
  • Many abided in the ovaries for most of the rodents’ lives.
    — science.org, 3 July 2024
  • The egg can also end up in an ovary, the cervix or the abdomen.
    — Amy Alspaugh, The Conversation, 7 June 2022
  • This type of cyst could twist, preventing blood flow to the ovary.
    — CBS News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The longer a fish is, the greater the volume of her ovaries (proportional to her length).
    — Ben Guarino, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2018
  • The ultrasound found a cyst on her left ovary, the lawsuit states.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 26 July 2023
  • The egg leaves the ovary and enters the fallopian tube.
    — Dr. Roshini Raj, Health, 14 Mar. 2023
  • That includes tumors found in the lung, colon, breasts, ovaries, and — in cases of melanoma — skin.
    — Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2018
  • The carpel grabs the pollen and transfers it to a chamber called an ovary, where seeds develop.
    — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 26 May 2021
  • Doctors rushed Sanders into surgery and the cyst and her right ovary were removed.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The laparoscopy found 37 lesions and a cyst on her ovary, which was removed via surgery.
    — Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
  • Testosterone is also produced in smaller amounts in the ovaries as well as the adrenal glands.
    — Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023
  • Her ovaries are pulled outside her body, and a catheter full of embryos is plunged into her oviduct.
    — Alexandra Horowitz, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024

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