different between ovum vs implantation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?vum (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.v?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?.v?m/

Noun

ovum (plural ova)

1. (cytology) The female gamete in animals; the egg cell.

Synonyms

• megagamete

Hypernyms

• gamete

Coordinate terms

• spermatozoon

Related terms

Translations

See also

• oocyte

Japanese

Romanization

ovum

1. R?maji transcription of ???
2. R?maji transcription of ???

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *?wom, from Proto-Indo-European *h??wyóm (“egg”), likely a derivative of *h?éwis (“bird”) (whence also Latin avis (“bird”)). Cognates include Ancient Greek ??? (?ión), Old Church Slavonic ???? (aice), Persian ????? (???ya), Old Norse egg, Old English ??.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?o?.u?um/, [?o?u?õ?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?o.vum/, [???vum]

Noun

?vum n (genitive ?v?); second declension

1. egg

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

• ?v?tus
• ?vic?
• ?viparus

Descendants

References

• ovum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ovum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ovum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ovum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• ovum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English ovum, from Latin ?vum, from Proto-Indo-European *h??wyóm, likely a derivative of *h?éwis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ovom]
• Rhymes: -vom, -om

Noun

ovum (Jawi spelling ??????, plural ovum-ovum, informal 1st possessive ovumku, impolite 2nd possessive ovummu, 3rd possessive ovumnya)

1. (cytology) ovum (gamete)

English

Etymology

From Middle French implantation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mpl??n?te??(?)n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

implantation (countable and uncountable, plural implantations)

1. (anatomy) The way in which an organ, bone, muscle etc. becomes inserted into its set place.
2. Planting; securing a plant etc. into the ground.
3. The introduction of a notion, idea or thought into someone's mind.
4. (surgery) The act of inserting a medical implant.
5. (embryology) The attachment of the fertilized ovum to the uterus wall.
6. (physics) The insertion of ions into the crystal structure of another material through ion bombardment.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

implantation f (plural implantations)

1. implantation

Further reading

• “implantation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).