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a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg

a vascular body in a mammalian ovary enclosing a developing egg

Spheroidal cell aggregation in the ovary containing an ovum. It consists of an external fibro-vascular coat, an internal coat of nucleated cells, and a transparent, albuminous fluid in which the OVUM is suspended.

A vesicular spherical capsule surrounding an ovum, the cells of the capsule being morphologically equal to the ovum; an ovisac with developing ova.

Any one of the small spherical ovarian bodies each of which contains an ovum.