ovulation

/ ō′vyə-lā′shən,ŏv′yə-lā′shən /

1. The release of an egg cell (ovum) from the ovary in female animals, regulated in mammals by hormones produced by the pituitary gland during the menstrual cycle.

ovulation

1. The periodic release of an ovum from the ovaries (usually from only one ovary). After the ovum is released, it travels into the fallopian tube , and from there is moved to the uterus . Ovulation generally happens approximately two weeks into the menstrual cycle .

Example Sentences

A woman typically starts her life with millions of eggs but only 400 or so will ever undergo ovulation.

From The Daily Beast

Research has concluded that the drug works “only” by preventing ovulation.

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And go easy on fiber, which in large amounts can interfere with ovulation.

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Timing sex actually improves fertility: A recent study found that women who timed sex around ovulation got pregnant faster.

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It lists how the product might function, noting it “works mainly by preventing ovulation.”

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Menstruation and ovulation ordinarily occur simultaneously, but they may be independent and take place at different times.

From Project Gutenberg

In the girl, the breasts and the pelvis assume the adult female type, and ovulation and menstruation begin.

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It is not, however, necessary that these processes should in the case of all animals occur at the same time as ovulation.

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Ovulation is never in any case altogether independent of the influences of diet and metabolism.

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His views of bird migration, based on the matter of ovulation and not on food supply, are extremely interesting.

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