ovario-|əʊˈvɛərɪəʊ|combining form of ovari-um, combined with adjs. to express the participation of the ovary with some other part, as ovario-abdominal, ovario-lumbar, ovario-tubal; also with ns. in sense ‘ovarian’, as ovario-insanity.1872Peaslee Ovar. Tumours 18 Delicate muscular fibres..which he calls the ovario-lumbar ligament.1874Bucknill & Tuke Psych.Med. (ed. 3) 346 Utero- or ovario-Insanity.
ovario-/əʊˈvɛ:rɪəʊ/combining form. Before a vowel ovar-, ovari-.