*oophor*

n. [ Gr. &unr_; egg-bearing; w, 'o`n an egg + fe`rein to bear. ] (Bot.) An alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which bears antheridia and archegonia, and so has sexual fructification, as contrasted with the sporophore, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless number. In ferns the oophore is a minute prothallus; in mosses it is the leafy plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. w, 'o`n egg + fe`rein to bear + &unr_; a cutting out. ] (Surg.) Ovariotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the nature of, or belonging to, an oophore. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Oophorida E. Oophoridiums [ NL., dim. fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Oophore. ] (Bot.) The macrosporangium or case for the larger kind of spores in heterosporous flowerless plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. w, 'o`n egg + fe`rein to bear + -itis. ] (Med.) Ovaritis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; (see Para-) + &unr_; an egg + fe`rein to bear. ] (Anat.) A small mass of tubules near the ovary in some animals, and corresponding with the parepididymis of the male. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; zw^, on an animal + fe`rein to bear; cf. F. zoophorique. ] Bearing or supporting the figure of an animal; as, a zoophoric column. [ 1913 Webster ]