EGGS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eggs mean? 

• EGGS (noun)
  The noun EGGS has 1 sense:

1. oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

  Familiarity information: EGGS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EGGS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oval reproductive body of a fowl (especially a hen) used as food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

egg; eggs

Hypernyms ("eggs" is a kind of...):

food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)

Meronyms (parts of "eggs"):

albumen; egg white; ovalbumin; white (the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water)

egg yolk; yolk (the yellow spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the albumen)

eggshell; shell (the exterior covering of a bird's egg)

Meronyms (substance of "eggs"):

protein (any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes)

 Context examples 

Embryo cryopreservation involves in vitro fertilization, a procedure in which eggs are removed from a woman’s ovary and combined with sperm in the laboratory to form embryos.

(Embryo cryopreservation, NCI Dictionary)

The eggs are thawed and fertilized in the laboratory to make embryos that can be placed in a woman’s uterus.

(Egg cryopreservation, NCI Dictionary)

It is found in liver, meat, eggs, poultry, shellfish, milk, and milk products.

(Cobalamin, NCI Dictionary)

Embryo freezing involves in vitro fertilization, a procedure in which eggs are removed from a woman’s ovary and combined with sperm in the laboratory to form embryos.

(Embryo freezing, NCI Dictionary)

Pluripotent stem cells that are derived from early germ cells (those that would become sperm and eggs).

(Embryonic germ cells, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In females, it acts on the ovaries to make the follicles and eggs grow.

(Follicle-stimulating hormone, NCI Dictionary)

Most cases of infertility in women result from problems with producing eggs.

(Female Infertility, Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health)

A slender tube through which eggs pass from an ovary to the uterus.

(Fallopian tube, NCI Dictionary)

Germ cells are reproductive cells that develop into sperm in males and eggs in females.

(Childhood Extracranial Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Dictionary)

Adhesions can sometimes cause infertility in women by preventing fertilized eggs from reaching the uterus.

(Adhesions, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)