单词 | ovoblastic |
释义 | ovoblasticadj. Of or relating to an egg cell.Apparently an isolated use.A pseudo-medical term not in technical use. In quot., the word appears as ovoblastic in the text published in 1922 and in the corrected edition of 1984, but it is misprinted ovablastic in the U.S. edition of 1934 (and reprints), and is listed thus in O.E.D. Suppl. (1982). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [adjective] > ovum oval1646 ovarious1730 oviferous1828 ovular1848 ovulary1848 ovuliferous1848 multiovular1849 multiovulate1857 ovigenous1872 moruloid1880 ovuligerous1888 ovoblastic1922 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 384 Mr Dixon,..took on to ask of Mr Mulligan himself whether his incipient ventripotence,..betokened an ovoblastic gestation in the prostatic utricle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1922 |
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