Author: Glossary

The female portion in the sexual formation of oospores.  

Hemorrhage from an ovulatory site severe enough to cause clinical symptoms or signs.  

Surgical removal of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries (total abdominal hysterectomy with salpingo-oophorectomy). Surgical excision of both the uterus and ovaries, also referred to as ovariohysterectomy.  

The plasma membrane of the oocyte.  

The mitosis of oogonia in the embryonic ovary to form primary oocytes.  

The diploid cell from which an oogonium develops.  

Surgical incision of a fingernail or toenail.  

A neurotic tendency to pick at the nails.  

Loosening and eventual separation of the nail from its bed; nail splitting.