in ovoadv.adj.

Brit.

/ɪn ˈəʊvəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌɪn ˈoʊˌvoʊ/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin in ōvō.

Etymology: < classical Latin in ōvō < in in prep. + ōvō , ablative of ōvum ovum n.

1. In an early stage of development. Cf. in embryo at embryo n. 2b.

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a1651 N. Culverwell Childs Return in Elegant Disc. Light of Nature (1652) ii. 57 God accepts of your intentions, if they flow from a pure heart, though they be blasted in the bud, though they be crusht in Ovo, though they never come to the birth.

1685 tr. T. Willis London Pract. Physick 554 It often happens upon the seasonable administrations of these kinds of Evacuations, that the greater increases of the Disease are prevented, and that the Fever is killed as it were in ovo.

1869 Hist. Churches New Bedford 17 This was..years before the Maine law was projected, and while temperance movements were in ovo.

1959 R. Lowell Life Stud. ii. 29 At nine character is, perhaps, too much in ovo for a child to be strongly disliked.

2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Oct. 18/3 The provocative titles of some of the essays..suggest, in ovo, the scope and character of his future artistic and philosophical project.

2. With reference to birds and other oviparous animals: within the egg. In later use also as adj.: (of a scientific experiment or procedure) performed using developing (embryonated) eggs.

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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > [adverb] > in embryo

in ovo1698

1698 W. Cowper Anat. Humane Bodies Introd. sig. c/2 These cannot be doubted, or that there is a perfect Conformity between the Pullus in Ovo, and the Fœtus in the Womb.

1733 Med. Ess. & Observ. (Philos. Soc. Edinb.) I. 202 But the last analogical Argument I mention is taken from the apparatus for nourishing the Chick in ovo.

1778 P. D. Leslie Philos. Inq. Cause Animal Heat iii. 54 That is the reason why the chick in ovo generates very little heat towards the end of incubation.

1834 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 124 537 The other two modes in which the fœtus of the Torpedo is nourished, analogous to what is witnessed in the chick in ovo, first by means of vessels conveying blood, passing from the yolk membrane.

1917 W. H. Bergtold Study Incubation Periods Birds 68 During this time the embryo [of the tuatara] ceases to develop, and hibernates in ovo, as it were.

1951 Jrnl. Hygiene 49 259 From the comparisons the in ovo method is estimated to be 42·71 times more sensitive as a method of detecting egg-adapted influenza virus than the tissue suspension method.

2018 E. B. Dolan et al. in S. W. Verbruggen Mechanobiol. in Health & Dis. i. 26 An alternative to carrying out the DNA transfer in ovo for older embryos is to use shell-less culture techniques.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	in ovo
释义	in ovoadv.adj. Brit. /ɪn ˈəʊvəʊ/, U.S. /ˌɪn ˈoʊˌvoʊ/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin in ōvō. Etymology: < classical Latin in ōvō < in in prep. + ōvō , ablative of ōvum ovum n. 1. In an early stage of development. Cf. in embryo at embryo n. 2b. ΚΠ a1651 N. Culverwell Childs Return in Elegant Disc. Light of Nature (1652) ii. 57 God accepts of your intentions, if they flow from a pure heart, though they be blasted in the bud, though they be crusht in Ovo, though they never come to the birth. 1685 tr. T. Willis London Pract. Physick 554 It often happens upon the seasonable administrations of these kinds of Evacuations, that the greater increases of the Disease are prevented, and that the Fever is killed as it were in ovo. 1869 Hist. Churches New Bedford 17 This was..years before the Maine law was projected, and while temperance movements were in ovo. 1959 R. Lowell Life Stud. ii. 29 At nine character is, perhaps, too much in ovo for a child to be strongly disliked. 2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 Oct. 18/3 The provocative titles of some of the essays..suggest, in ovo, the scope and character of his future artistic and philosophical project. 2. With reference to birds and other oviparous animals: within the egg. In later use also as adj.: (of a scientific experiment or procedure) performed using developing (embryonated) eggs. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > [adverb] > in embryo in ovo1698 1698 W. Cowper Anat. Humane Bodies Introd. sig. c/2 These cannot be doubted, or that there is a perfect Conformity between the Pullus in Ovo, and the Fœtus in the Womb. 1733 Med. Ess. & Observ. (Philos. Soc. Edinb.) I. 202 But the last analogical Argument I mention is taken from the apparatus for nourishing the Chick in ovo. 1778 P. D. Leslie Philos. Inq. Cause Animal Heat iii. 54 That is the reason why the chick in ovo generates very little heat towards the end of incubation. 1834 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 124 537 The other two modes in which the fœtus of the Torpedo is nourished, analogous to what is witnessed in the chick in ovo, first by means of vessels conveying blood, passing from the yolk membrane. 1917 W. H. Bergtold Study Incubation Periods Birds 68 During this time the embryo [of the tuatara] ceases to develop, and hibernates in ovo, as it were. 1951 Jrnl. Hygiene 49 259 From the comparisons the in ovo method is estimated to be 42·71 times more sensitive as a method of detecting egg-adapted influenza virus than the tissue suspension method. 2018 E. B. Dolan et al. in S. W. Verbruggen Mechanobiol. in Health & Dis. i. 26 An alternative to carrying out the DNA transfer in ovo for older embryos is to use shell-less culture techniques. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.a1651
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