ovo-

(Latin: egg)


ab ovo
From the egg; from the very beginning.

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ab ovo usque ad mala
From the egg to the apples.

A Roman phrase similar to English, “from soup to nuts”; but it means “from start to finish”. This meaning is based on the fact that Roman dinners often began with eggs and ended with fruit.

From the beginning to the end of any enterprise; thoroughly or without qualification.

ovocenter
ovocyte
ovoflavin
Riboflavin found in eggs.
ovogenesis
ovoglobulin
A globulin present in egg white.
ovogonium
ovoid
ovolo
ovolysin
ovolytic
ovomucoid
Egg white protein produced in tubular gland cells in the epithelium of the chicken (or bird) oviduct in response to progesterone or estrogen.
ovoplasm
ovopygian
Having elongated or ovid buttocks.

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