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OVULATION
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I. (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:
Suspension or cessation of ovulation in animals and humans.
(Anovulation, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Dienogest reduces the production of estradiol, prevents ovulation and alters the cervical mucus and endometrium.
(Dienogest, NCI Thesaurus)
Compounds, usually hormonal, taken orally in order to block ovulation and prevent the occurrence of pregnancy.
(Oral Contraceptive, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
This results in a suppression of LH activity and an inhibition of ovulation as well as an alteration in the cervical mucus and endometrium.
(Drospirenone, NCI Thesaurus)
Once ovulation occurs, the granulosa cells become part of the corpus luteum.
(Ovarian Granulosa Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
The release of luteinizing hormone (LH) is also inhibited, thus preventing ovulation.
(Ethinyl Estradiol/Norgestrel, NCI Thesaurus)
Following ovulation the egg travels down the fallopian tube to the uterus where fertilization may or may not occur.
(Fallopian tube, NCI Thesaurus)
A group of cells that remain of the Graafian follicle following ovulation.
(Corpus Luteum, NCI Thesaurus)
The decreased release of LH inhibits ovulation.
(Drospirenone/Ethinyl Estradiol, NCI Thesaurus)
This agent causes the release of the pituitary gonadotropins follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), leading to ovulation.
(Clomiphene, NCI Thesaurus)
