ovoid

• In the human spermatozoon the head is ovoid, appearing pear-shaped or pointed in one view and elliptical in another The epididymis referred to above, consists of a mass of coiled tubes and blood vessels. —  The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male
• The resulting wound is almost perfectly ovoid, the flaps come together with great ease in a straight vertical line, which admits of easy and thorough drainage. —  A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners
• The ovary is ovoid or ovoid-oblong, with two white stigmas. —  A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
• Grain ovoid or ovoid-oblong. —  A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses
• [62 The second is an even finer aggregate, composed of mental substance and assuming, during incarnation, the form of a smaller or larger ovoid--the causal body--surrounding the physical form. —  Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution

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