Definitions of ovum

1. The body in the ovary which when impregnated, becomes the embryo, and develops into the foetus; an egg- shaped ornament carved on the contour of the ovolo.

2. 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.

3. A seed; an egg in an early stage.

4. An egg: ( anat.) the body in which after impregnation the development of the fetus takes place:- pl. OVA.

5. An egg; the part of an animal body where the development of the foetus takes place; in arch., an egg- shaped ornament.

6. A female germ cell.