OVARIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ovarian mean? 

• OVARIAN (adjective)
  The adjective OVARIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or involving the ovaries

  Familiarity information: OVARIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVARIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or involving the ovaries

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

ovarian cancer

Pertainym:

ovary ((vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone)

Derivation:

ovary ((vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone)

 Context examples 

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with colorectal, ovarian and non-small cell lung cancers.

(MIR34C wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Administration of autologous dinitrophenyl-modified ovarian cancer vaccine may induce a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response against ovarian cancer cells.

(Autologous Dinitrophenyl-Modified Ovarian Cancer Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with epithelial ovarian cancer.

(MIR376A1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A vaccine comprised of autologous epithelial ovarian cells infected with ALVAC-hB7.1.

(AUT-OV-ALVAC-hB7.1 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

This may be from a primary ovarian cancer involving the opposite ovary, or from a cancer at a distant site.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Ovary, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with ovarian clear cell carcinoma.

(ARID1A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with development of colorectal, ovarian and non-small cell lung cancers, as well as Burkitt lymphoma.

(MIR34B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with development of epithelial ovarian cancer.

(MIR337 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of ovarian carcinoma.

(MIR214 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of hepatocellular, breast, thyroid, ovarian and prostatic carcinomas.

(MIR146A Gene, NCI Thesaurus)