OVULATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ovulation mean? 

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

1. the expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVULATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The expulsion of an ovum from the ovary (usually midway in the menstrual cycle)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Antonym:

anovulation (the absence of ovulation due to immaturity or post-maturity or pregnancy or oral contraceptive pills or dysfunction of the ovary)

Derivation:

ovulate (produce and discharge eggs)

 Context examples 

Subsequently, luteinizing hormone (LH) activity and ovulation are suppressed.

(Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine System, NCI Thesaurus)

This results in a suppression of luteinizing hormone (LH) activity and an inhibition of ovulation, as well as an alteration in the cervical mucus and endometrium.

(Levonorgestrel, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in ovarian folliculogenesis and normal ovulation.

(GDF9 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A gonadotropin hormone synthesized by the anterior lobe of the pituitary that stimulates synthesis and secretion of testosterone and estrogen, and ovulation of mature follicles on the ovary.

(Lutropin, NCI Thesaurus)

Consequently, it inhibits ovulation and changes the normal cycle of cervical mucus and endometrium.

(Norethindrone, NCI Thesaurus)

Ovulation Alteration consists of a change in the quality of the existing state of processes involved in release of an egg from the ovary.

(Ovulation Alteration, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic progestational hormone with actions similar to those of PROGESTERONE but functioning as a more potent inhibitor of ovulation.

(Norethindrone Acetate, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Follow-up research found that quats were decreasing sperm counts in males and ovulation in females.

(Common Household Chemicals Lead to Birth Defects in Mice, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This combination inhibits ovulation and promotes the thickening of the cervical mucus and the endometrium.

(Ethinyl Estradiol/Norgestimate, NCI Thesaurus)

This prevents ovulation and alters the cervical mucus.

(Desogestrel, NCI Thesaurus)