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superˈovulate, v. Physiol.
[Back-formation from superovulation.]
a. intr. To produce abnormally large numbers of ova at a single ovulation.
b. trans. To cause (an animal) to do this. So superˈovulated ppl. a.
1956Nature 3 Mar. 429/1 Fallopian tubes from a super⁓ovulated female, killed approximately 12 hr. after mating to one of these males, were fixed in Bouin. 1961M. C. Chang in C. A. Villee Control of Ovulation 185 It seems that ovulation can be easily induced in the pregnant rabbits and that about half of the pregnant animals super⁓ovulate; that is ovulate a larger number of eggs than expected. 1970Sci. Jrnl. May 50/2 Hormonal treatment can be used to get the female to superovulate. 1971Nature 10 Sept. 125/2 Random bred female albino mice..were superovulated with gonadotrophins. 1979Ibid. 25 Jan. 298/2 Two-celled embryos were collected from super-ovulated donor ewes early on day 2 of their oestrous cycle. 1979New Scientist 26 Apr. 269/2 [They] super⁓ovulated 14 heifer cows up to 10 times in rapid succession—and the cows responded with crops of up to 19 eggs at a single ovulation.
So ˌsuperovuˈlation [super- 10 b].
1927Amer. Jrnl. Anat. XL. 213 Superovulation, or the liberation of an unusual number of ova invariably occurs. 1981Sci. Digest Aug. 89/1 They were beginning to suspect that superovulation..might be disrupting the internal reproductive environment. |