Ovum

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Ovum

Ovum : கருமுட்டை

Ovum : கருமுட்டை

Ovum definition

Noun.

  1. A more or less spherical and transparent mass of granular protoplasm, which by a process of multiplication and growth develops into a mass of cells, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle.
  2. One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the ovolo is often carved.